The Reign of King Stephen

The Reign of King Stephen
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9781317892977
ISBN-13 : 1317892976
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Book Synopsis The Reign of King Stephen by : David Crouch

Download or read book The Reign of King Stephen written by David Crouch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last: an authoritative, up to date account of the troubled reign of King Stephen, by a leading scholar of the Anglo-Norman world. David Crouch covers every aspect of the period - the king and the empress, the aristocracy, the Church, government and the nation at large. He also looks at the wider dimensions of the story, in Scotland, Wales, Normandy and elsewhere. The result (weaving its discussions around a vigorous narrative core) is a a work of major scholarship. A must for specialist and amateur medievalists alike.


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