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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : King, Edmund (1942-....)
Titre(s) : King Stephen [Texte imprimé] / Edmund King
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, c2010
Description matérielle : xv, 382 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Collection : Yale English monarchs
Lien à la collection : Yale English monarchs
Comprend : Family and honour ; The accession ; Mixed fortunes ; War and peace ; 1141 ; Provincial
government ; A variety of coin ; The family ; Blessed are the peacemakers ; Appraisal.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-356) and indexes
This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King
Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its "nineteen long winters" of civil war, made
his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, Edmund
King shows with rare clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Keeping
Stephen at the forefront of his account, the author also chronicles the activities
of key family members and associates whose loyal support sustained Stephen's kingship.
In 1135 the popular Stephen was elected king against the claims of the empress Matilda
and her sons. But by 1153, Stephen had lost control over Normandy and other important
regions, England had lost prestige, and the weakened king was forced to cede his family's
right to succession. A rich narrative covering the drama of a tumultuous reign, this
book focuses well-deserved attention on a king who lost control of his destiny. -
Publisher
Sujet(s) : Étienne (109.-1154 ; roi d'Angleterre)
Grande-Bretagne -- 1135-1154 (Étienne)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300112238 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0300112238 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9780300181951 (pbk.). - ISBN 0300181957 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42715947h
Notice n° :
FRBNF42715947
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
