Stephen And Matilda S Civil War

Author : Matthew Lewis
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526718358

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Stephen and Matilda's Civil War by Matthew Lewis Pdf

The story of the twelfth-century rivalry for the throne between the daughter and the nephew of Henry I—a battle that tore England apart for over a decade. The Anarchy was the first civil war in post-Conquest England, enduring throughout the reign of King Stephen between 1135 and 1154. It ultimately brought about the end of the Norman dynasty and the birth of the mighty Plantagenet kings. When Henry I died having lost his only legitimate son in a shipwreck, his barons had sworn to recognize his daughter Matilda, widow of the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir, and remarried her to Geoffrey, Count of Anjou. But when she was slow to move to England upon her father’s death, Henry’s favorite nephew, Stephen of Blois, rushed to have himself crowned, much as Henry himself had done on the death of his brother William Rufus. Supported by his brother Henry, Bishop of Winchester, Stephen made a promising start, but Matilda would not give up her birthright and tried to hold the English barons to their oaths. The result was more than a decade of civil war that saw England split apart. Empress Matilda is often remembered as aloof and high-handed, Stephen as ineffective and indecisive. By following both sides of the dispute and seeking to understand their actions and motivations, Matthew Lewis aims to reach a more rounded understanding of this crucial period of English history—and ask to what extent there really was anarchy.

Author : Jim Bradbury
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752471921

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Stephen and Matilda by Jim Bradbury Pdf

Civil war and the battle for the English Crown dominated the reign of King Stephen, and this popular account is the only complete account of the complex and fascinating military situation. The war is examined in detail throughout the various campaigns, battles and sieges of the period, including the two major battles at the Standard and Lincoln, showing that Stephen always held more ground than his opponents and was mostly on the offensive. The nature of the warfare and the reasons for its outcome are examined, along with comment on the strategy, tactics, technology in arms and armour, and the important improvements in fortifications. Full use has been made of the numerous detailed chronicle sources which give some indication of the horrors of twelfth-century war, the depredations which affected the ordinary people of the land, and the atrocities which sometimes accompanied it. Full of colourful characters - the likeable king, the domineering Matlida, the young and vital Henry of Anjou (later Henry II), his intelligent and effective father Geoffrey Count of Anjou, the powerful barons from Geoffrey de Mandeville to Ranulf of Chester - and illustrated with photographs, maps and manuscript illustrations, this is a fascinating story of rivalry for the English throne which throws new light on a much-neglected aspect of Stephen's reign.

Author : Oliver Hamilton Creighton,Duncan W. Wright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781382424

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The Anarchy by Oliver Hamilton Creighton,Duncan W. Wright Pdf

The first ever archaeologically based study of the turbulent period of English history often known as the 'Anarchy' of King Stephen's reign in the mid-twelfth century, covering battlefields and conflict landscapes, arms, armour and material culture, fortifications and the church.

Author : Chris Peers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473863699

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King Stephen and The Anarchy by Chris Peers Pdf

The Anarchy, the protracted struggle between Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda for the English crown between 1135 and 1154, is often seen as a disastrous breakdown in one of the best-governed kingdoms of medieval Europe. But perhaps the impact of the conflict has been overstated, and its effect on the common people across the country is hard to judge. That is why Chris Peerss fresh study of this fascinating and controversial era is of such value. He describes each phase of this civil war, in particular the castles and sieges that dominated strategic thinking, and he sets the fighting in the context of the changing tactics and military systems of the twelfth century. His fresh account of this pivotal episode in the medieval history of England will be absorbing reading anyone who is keen to gain an insight into this period of English history and has a special interest in the practice of medieval warfare.

Author : Jim Bradbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:697134973

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Stephen and Matilda by Jim Bradbury Pdf

Author : Marjorie Chibnall
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0631190287

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The Empress Matilda by Marjorie Chibnall Pdf

This is the first comprehensive and fully documented study of the Empress Matilda to be published in English. Much of the serious work on her life and historical importance has never been translated from German, and almost all has concentrated on the years of her struggle with Stephen for the English crown. This book examines her career as a whole, including the years as consort of the Emperor Henry V and as regent in Normandy for her son Henry II. It illustrates the problems of female succession in the early twelfth century, and gives a balanced assessment of Matilda's character and achievements in the context of her own times.

Author : Catherine Hanley
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300227253

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Matilda by Catherine Hanley Pdf

A life of Matilda--empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown--the first woman ever to hold the position--and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda's achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full context. Catherine Hanley provides fresh insight into Matilda's campaign to claim the title of queen, her approach to allied kingdoms and rival rulers, and her role in the succession crisis. Hanley highlights how Matilda fought for the throne, and argues that although she never sat on it herself her reward was to see her son become king. Extraordinarily, her line has continued through every single monarch of England or Britain from that time to the present day.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429939522

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When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman Pdf

In When Christ and His Saints Slept master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the lesser-known but fascinating periods of English history. The next addition in this highly acclaimed historical fiction series of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. When Christ and His Saints Slept begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.

Author : Edmund King
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300170108

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King Stephen by Edmund King Pdf

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.

Author : George Childs Kohn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135955014

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Dictionary of Wars by George Childs Kohn Pdf

Dictionary of Wars, highly praised in its first edition (1986), has now been published in a completely revised, updated, and expanded 2nd Edition. The Dictionary provides summaries of all notable wars from earliest recorded history to the present day. It affords the general reader and student with quick, useful, and accurate information - the who, where, when, what, why and how on the more than 1,800 recorded wars in human history from 2000 BC to the present. Completely updated, the Second Edition includes an additional 70 entries - on such major events as the Gulf War, the invasions of Panama and Haiti, and the Bosnian crisis.

Author : Matthew Lewis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445671574

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Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine by Matthew Lewis Pdf

The powerful medieval couple who formed an empire beyond England, and whose children included Richard the Lionheart and King John.

Author : Tiya Miles
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469626345

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Tales from the Haunted South by Tiya Miles Pdf

In this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of "ghost tours," frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain. "Dark tourism" often highlights the most sensationalist and macabre aspects of slavery, from salacious sexual ties between white masters and black women slaves to the physical abuse and torture of black bodies to the supposedly exotic nature of African spiritual practices. Because the realities of slavery are largely absent from these tours, Miles reveals how they continue to feed problematic "Old South" narratives and erase the hard truths of the Civil War era. In an incisive and engaging work, Miles uses these troubling cases to shine light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and how the ghosts of the past are still with us.

Author : Teresa Cole
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445678504

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The Anarchy by Teresa Cole Pdf

The bitter civil war for the English throne, which drew in Scotland and Normandy, when a princess's rightful throne was seized by her male cousin, and plunged England into 'the Anarchy'.

Author : Compiled from Wikipedia entries and published by DrGoogelberg
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781291079692

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English Princesses by Compiled from Wikipedia entries and published by DrGoogelberg Pdf

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781639364008

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The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris Pdf

A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack. Morris writes with passion, verve, and scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, indeed the pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation.