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Rebel Barons

Author : Luke Sunderland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191092738
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Barons written by Luke Sunderland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambivalence towards kings, and other sovereign powers, is deep-seated in medieval culture: sovereigns might provide justice, but were always potential tyrants, who usurped power and 'stole' through taxation. Rebel Barons writes the history of this ambivalence, which was especially acute in England, France, and Italy in the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, when the modern ideology of sovereignty, arguing for monopolies on justice and the legitimate use of violence, was developed. Sovereign powers asserted themselves militarily and economically provoking complex phenomena of resistance by aristocrats. This volume argues that the chansons de geste, the key genre for disseminating models of violent noble opposition to sovereigns, offer a powerful way of understanding acts of resistance. Traditionally seen as France's epic literary monuments - the Chanson de Roland is often presented as foundational of French literature - chansons de geste in fact come from areas antagonistic to France, such as Burgundy, England, Flanders, Occitania, and Italy, where they were reworked repeatedly from the twelfth century to the fifteenth and recast into prose and chronicle forms. Rebel baron narratives were the principal vehicle for aristocratic concerns about tyranny, for models of violent opposition to sovereigns and for fantasies of escape from the Carolingian world via crusade and Oriental adventures. Rebel Barons reads this corpus across its full range of historical and geographical relevance, and through changes in form, as well as placing it in dialogue with medieval political theory, to bring out the contributions of literary texts to political debates. Revealing the widespread and long-lived importance of these anti-royalist works supporting regional aristocratic rights to feud and revolt, Rebel Barons reshapes our knowledge of reactions to changing political realities at a crux period in European history.

Rebel Barons

Author : Luke Sunderland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019109272X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Barons written by Luke Sunderland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambivalence towards kings, and other sovereign powers, is deep-seated in medieval culture: sovereigns might provide justice, but were always potential tyrants, who usurped power and 'stole' through taxation. Rebel Barons writes the history of this ambivalence, which was especially acute in England, France, and Italy in the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, when the modern ideology of sovereignty, arguing for monopolies on justice and the legitimate use of violence, was developed. Sovereign powers asserted themselves militarily and economically provoking complex phenomena of resistance by aristocrats. This volume argues that the chansons de geste, the key genre for disseminating models of violent noble opposition to sovereigns, offer a powerful way of understanding acts of resistance. Traditionally seen as France's epic literary monuments - the Chanson de Roland is often presented as foundational of French literature - chansons de geste in fact come from areas antagonistic to France, such as Burgundy, England, Flanders, Occitania, and Italy, where they were reworked repeatedly from the twelfth century to the fifteenth and recast into prose and chronicle forms. Rebel baron narratives were the principal vehicle for aristocratic concerns about tyranny, for models of violent opposition to sovereigns and for fantasies of escape from the Carolingian world via crusade and Oriental adventures. Rebel Barons reads this corpus across its full range of historical and geographical relevance, and through changes in form, as well as placing it in dialogue with medieval political theory, to bring out the contributions of literary texts to political debates. Revealing the widespread and long-lived importance of these anti-royalist works supporting regional aristocratic rights to feud and revolt, Rebel Barons reshapes our knowledge of reactions to changing political realities at a crux period in European history.

Barons, Rebels & Romantics

Author : Alan John Fitzgerald
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1414020287
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Barons, Rebels & Romantics written by Alan John Fitzgerald and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the mid 1980's, having endured ten years of civil war, Lebanon found itself in the midst of a struggle for power and domination by the myriad of militia groups born during the chaos and instability of the time. Desperation for international recognition and for political leverage led several of the Iranian-backed militias to seize American and other Western hostages. Prisoners of Circumstance is a novel set in the turmoil of this period. It reflects on the kidnapping of men whose only crime was the accident of birth. It deals with the interaction of the hostages with their captors and the initiatives of their wives to focus international attention on their plight, and finally, on a CIA-led effort to forcibly secure their release. Assigned newly to the Embassy in Beirut as the CIA station chief, George Kowalski's task became to plan, sell, and execute a daring rescue of the hostages. Drawing from the elite units of all branches of the military, a dream team' is assembled to launch the rescue mission; a mission which was fraught with surprising and unexpected twists. The characters in the book are fictitious, but the historical and geographical references are accurate. Through dialogue between the characters, the author describes the motivations behind the actions of the various parties involved in the Middle East conflict; a conflict that has persisted for over fifty years and has defied resolution to this day.

Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267

Author : Adrian Jobson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843834677
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 written by Adrian Jobson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New investigations into a pivotal era of the thirteenth century.

Magna Carta

Author : Randy James Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780314676719
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Magna Carta written by Randy James Holland and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative two volume dictionary covering English law from earliest times up to the present day, giving a definition and an explanation of every legal term old and new. Provides detailed statements of legal terms as well as their historical context.

Barons and Castellans

Author : Christine Shaw
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004282769
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Barons and Castellans written by Christine Shaw and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy, Christine Shaw provides the first comparative study of “lords of castles”, great and small, throughout Italy, examining their military and political significance, and how their roles changed during the Italian Wars.

Magna Charta Barons and Their Descendants, with the Story of the Great Charter of King John

Author : Charles Henry Browning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magna Charta Barons and Their Descendants, with the Story of the Great Charter of King John written by Charles Henry Browning and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rebel Baron

Author : Shirl Henke
Publisher : Leisure Books
ISBN 13 : 9780843952421
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Baron written by Shirl Henke and published by Leisure Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to Yankee Earl, an opportunistic widow attempts to set her daughter up with a handsome AmeriCA man, only to become the object of his desires herself.

Magna carta

Author : King John
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291433074
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Magna carta written by King John and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constitutional foundation of English (and perhaps world) freedoms

King John

Author : Ralph Turner
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752469010
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book King John written by Ralph Turner and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King John long ago acquired the epithet 'Bad', and he is reputed to be the worst of England's kings. Before his death in 1216, his desperate exploitation of his subjects for ever more money had turned him into the mythical monster of Hollywood legend. In marked contrast to his brother Richard, John appeared incompetent in battle, failing to defend Normandy (1202-04), and was unsuccessful in recovering his lost lands in 1214. A continuing crisis was a constant need for money, forcing John to drain England of funds for campaigns in France, demanding unlawful and oppressive new taxes. Adding to his evil reputation was an ill-tempered personality and a streak of pettiness and spitfulness that led him to monstrous acts, including murdering his own nephew. King John's unpopularity culminated in a final crisis, a revolt by the English baronage, 1215-16, aimed at subjecting him to the rule of law, that resulted in his grant of Magna Carta.

Magna Charta Barons and Their Descendants

Author : Charles Henry Browning
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 0806300566
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Magna Charta Barons and Their Descendants written by Charles Henry Browning and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successor to the 1898 work "The Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants," the pedigrees herein are of the members of the Order of Runnemede in 1915--in effect, a second "yearbook" of the Order. Since pedigrees were dropped and added as the membership of the Order changed, this work stands by itself and does not supersede the 1898 volume. Nearly 200 pages are devoted to pedigrees of the members, which are grouped under the following names: Abbott, Allyn, Aston, Bernard, Bevan, Booth, Brooke, Bruen, Bulkeley, Byrd, Cadwalader, Calvert, Carter, Chauncey, Chichester, Claiborne, Claypool, Clayton, Daubeney, Digges, Drake, Dundas, Evans, Fauntleroy, Fenwick, Fleete, Foulke, Gordon, Gorsuch, Haynes, Henry, Humfrey, Irvine, Lambert, Lawrence, Leete, Lindsay, Lloyd, Lyman, Lynde, MacGehee, McIntosh, Montgomery, Norton, O'Carroll, Owen, Reade, Rose, Saltonstall, Scott, Sherman, Skipwith, Spotswood, Stewart, Sullivan, Throckmorton, Warren, Washington, West, Wetherill, Whiting, Wilkinson, Williams, Willis, Willoughby, Winthrop, Witherspoon, Woodhull, and Wyatt.

English Rebels and Revolutionaries

Author : Stephen Basdeo
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526785935
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book English Rebels and Revolutionaries written by Stephen Basdeo and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives and deeds of famous English freedom fighters, rebels, and democrats who have had a major impact on history. Featured chapters include the history of Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, when an army of 50,000 people marched to London in 1381 to demand an end to serfdom and the hated poll tax. Alongside Wat Tyler in this pantheon of English revolutionaries is Jack Cade who in 1450 led an angry mob to London to protest against government corruption. There are three chapters on various aspects of the English Civil War, during which the English executed their king. Other rebel heroes featured include Thomas Paine, the great intellectual of the American and French Revolutions; Mary Wollstonecraft, author of The Rights of Woman; Henry Hunt, who, as well as the Chartists after him, campaigned for universal suffrage; William Morris, the visionary designer and socialist thinker; and finally the Suffragettes and Suffragists who fought for women’s voting rights.

The Magna Carta Barons

Author : Peter SINCLAIR
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781873639078
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Magna Carta Barons written by Peter SINCLAIR and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare

Author : Nicholas Hooper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521440493
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare written by Nicholas Hooper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a highly readable account of warfare in Europe and the Mediterranean from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With an emphasis on superb full-colour cartography and illustration, The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768 1487 focuses on military strategy, debunking some of the prevailing myths of medieval warfare. Often characterized as an era dominated by lone knights and long sieges, the Middle Ages in fact had a military culture as sophisticated and complex as our own, with organized armies and a high degree of tactical intelligence. This complexity is detailed in maps, plans, and an informative text. Development of naval warfare, cavalry, and siege tactics are all covered, as is the nature of contemporary logistics and contemporary understanding of the science of warfare.

Sanctuary

Author : Rowena Cory Daniells
Publisher : Solaris
ISBN 13 : 1849974403
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Sanctuary written by Rowena Cory Daniells and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mystic Wyrds have been banished by King Charald, whose descent into madness grows ever steeper. Exiled and forced to set sail on the first day of winter, Imoshen’s people are packed onto seven crowded ships. Tensions flare under the pressure and the all-fathers and all-mothers are put to the test controlling their hardened warriors. Ronnyn and his sister Aravelle have been separated, just as they feared, and look to an uncertain future. Sorne is betrayed and captured on the seas. Tobazim faces a confrontation with the bloodthirsty All-father Kyredeon and his notorious assassin, Graelen. And, while Imoshen has promised the T’Enatuath a home with the Sagoras, the enigmatic scholars have not yet replied to her plea for sanctuary.

Magna Carta Uncovered

Author : Anthony Arlidge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782255915
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Magna Carta Uncovered written by Anthony Arlidge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the grant at Runnymede of Magna Carta.The story of how Magna Carta came into being ,and has been interpreted since, and its impact on individual rights and constitutional developments has more twists and turns than any work of historical fiction. The authors bring their wide legal experience and forensic skills to uncover the original meaning of the liberties enshrined in Magna Carta, and to trace their development in later centuries up to the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America. By providing that the powers of the King were not unlimited, the Charter was groundbreaking, yet it was also a conservative document, following the form of Anglo-Saxon charters and seeking to return government to the ways of the Norman kings. This book tells the enthralling, ultimately inspirational, story of Magna Carta in a concise and readable fashion and will captivate laymen and lawyers alike.

Magna Carta

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143108956
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Magna Carta written by Dan Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." —Antonia Fraser From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to be—by the author of Powers and Thrones. The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles—even its language—can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document and how did it gain such legendary status? Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion, King John reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a document that would change the course of history. At the time of its creation the Magna Carta was just a peace treaty drafted by a group of rebel barons who were tired of the king's high taxes, arbitrary justice, and endless foreign wars. The fragile peace it established would last only two months, but its principles have reverberated over the centuries. Jones's riveting narrative follows the story of the Magna Carta's creation, its failure, and the war that subsequently engulfed England, and charts the high points in its unexpected afterlife. Reissued by King John's successors it protected the Church, banned unlawful imprisonment, and set limits to the exercise of royal power. It established the principle that taxation must be tied to representation and paved the way for the creation of Parliament. In 1776 American patriots, inspired by that long-ago defiance, dared to pick up arms against another English king and to demand even more far-reaching rights. We think of the Declaration of Independence as our founding document but those who drafted it had their eye on the Magna Carta.