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Henry III of England and the Staufen Empire, 1216-1272 (Paperback)
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Henry III of England and the Staufen Empire, 1216-1272 (Paperback)
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
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Reassessment of the foreign policies and activities of Henry III,
revealing them to be more successful than hitherto thought. Modern
historians have frequently maligned Henry III of England
(1216-1272) for his entanglements in European affairs. However,
this book moves past orthodox opinion to offer a reappraisal of his
activities. Using Henry's dealingswith the rulers of the Staufen
Empire (Germany, Northern France, Northern Italy and Sicily) as a
case study to explore the broader international context within
which he acted, the author offers a more varied reading of Henry's
"European adventures"; he shows that far from being an expensive
aberration, they reveal the English king as acting within the same
parameters and according to the same norms as his peers and
contemporaries. Moreover, they provide new insights into the
structures and mechanisms, the ideals and institutions which
defined the conduct of relations between rulers and realms in the
medieval West; medieval politics, it is argued, cannot be
understood in isolationfrom wider movements, ideals and concepts.
The book will be of value not only for historians of medieval
England, but also for those with a more general interest in the
wider political structures of the pre-modern West. Dr BJORN K. U.
WEILER is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth.
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