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King Stephen (Paperback)
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King Stephen (Paperback)
Series: The English Monarchs Series
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From Yale's English Monarchs series, the most authoritative picture
yet of King Stephen "King has written a masterpiece that reveals
how a medieval political community can both consume and then
reconstitute itself and offers readers a king emblematic of his
truncated, troubled age."-Choice King Stephen's 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.
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