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Loading... Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction (edition 2002)by John Gillingham (Author), Ralph A. Griffiths (Author)
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![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() Readable and in a way informative, but with two drawbacks. First, there is two much emphasis on power struggles at the expense of social history. Second, the title is quite misleading, because the book is really concerned with medieval England; Scotland and Wales are (similarly to France and Ireland) rarely mentioned outside of the context of English attempts at ruling these regions as well. Still very much told from an English viewpoint despite the title. It is basically a reign by reign account of the English monarchs and their doings interspersed with general chapters on social, economic,and religious matters. It is hard to believe that this is entirely due to a paucity of surviving material from the other countries that make up Britain. Having said that, it is a reasonable introduction to the history of England from 1066 to 1485, though the genealogies could have done with being in a larger font. no reviews | add a review
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Covering the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages, this is a short history of medieval England. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)941.03History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1154-1399 Period of House of PlantagenetLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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