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Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 (Paperback)
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Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R553
Discovery Miles 5 530
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Total price: R573
Discovery Miles: 5 730
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This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of
Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the
brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman
Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father's lifetime. Crowned
at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a
central role in the politics of Henry II's great empire and was
hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Yet, consistently denied
direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major
rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against
his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching
the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. In this
remarkable history, Matthew Strickland provides a richly colored
portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas
Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and
incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while
using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession,
dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and
France.
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