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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453626503321

Autore

Gundy A. K.

Titolo

Richard II and the rebel earl / / A.K. Gundy [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-42372-4

1-139-89019-0

1-108-40087-6

1-107-42177-2

1-107-41907-7

1-107-42035-0

1-139-03323-9

1-107-41637-X

1-107-41773-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; ; 4th ser., 97

Disciplina

942.03/8092

B

Soggetti

Great Britain History Richard II, 1377-1399

Great Britain History Henry IV, 1399-1413

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The geo-political framework -- 1369-1382 -- 1383-1389 -- 1389-1397 -- 1397-1401.

Sommario/riassunto

The reign of Richard II and the circumstances of his deposition have long been subject to intense debate. This new interpretation of the politics of the late-fourteenth century offers an in-depth survey of Richard's reign from the perspective of one of the leading nobles who came to oppose him, Thomas Beauchamp, the Appellant Earl of Warwick. This is the first full-length study of one of Richard II's opponents to explore not only why the Earl rebelled against the King, but also why Richard lost his throne. Rather than offering the traditional explanation of a subject grown too mighty, Alison Gundy sets Warwick's rule in the context of the political and constitutional



framework of the period. The interplay of local and national events helps to reveal Warwick's motives as a long-serving member of the nobility faced with a king determined to rule in a manner contradictory to contemporary political structures.