Gemma Wheeler

Gaimar's Estoire Des Engleis: Kingship and Power

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An important text from the "twelfth-century Renaissance" of history writing re-evaluated, drawing out its complex representations of monarchs from Cnut to William Rufus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781843846079
• ISBN-10: 1843846071
• Artikelnr.: 61417862

Autorenporträt

Gemma Wheeler

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Models of kingship: Haveloc and his foes Chapter 2: The tyranny of desire: Edgar
Ælfthryth
and Edward Chapter 3: Divine will: Cnut
Godwine
and Hastings Chapter 4: The boar and the bear: Hereward and William Rufus Conclusion