03231nam 2200661 450 991081883810332120230725025212.01-282-82191-197866128219121-4411-4858-21-4411-6049-3(CKB)2670000000052279(EBL)592452(OCoLC)670412141(SSID)ssj0000422963(PQKBManifestationID)12103511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422963(PQKBWorkID)10433123(PQKB)11705082(MiAaPQ)EBC3002981(MiAaPQ)EBC5309509(MiAaPQ)EBC592452(Au-PeEL)EBL5309509(CaPaEBR)ebr11518478(OCoLC)1027172234(MiAaPQ)EBC6162069(Au-PeEL)EBL592452(EXLCZ)99267000000005227920180316h20102010 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrMedieval intrigue decoding royal conspiracies /Ian MortimerLondon, [England] ;New York, [New York] :Continuum,2010.©20101 online resource (394 p.)Includes index.1-4411-0269-8 1-84706-589-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-357) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Objectivity and information: a methodological introduction; 2 Sermons of sodomy: a reconsideration of Edward II's sodomitical reputation; 3 The death of Edward II in Berkeley Castle; 4 Twelve angry scholars: reactions to 'The death of Edward II'; 5 The plot of the earl of Kent, 1328-30; 6 Edward III, his father and the Fieschi; 7 Edward III and the moneylenders; 8 Richard II and the succession to the Crown; 9 The rules governing succession to the Crown, 1199-1399; 10 Regnal legitimacy and the concept of the royal pretender11 Concluding remarksFull titles of works cited in the notes; IndexIn this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, including whether Edward II was murdered, his possible later life in Italy, the weakness of the Lancastrian claim to the throne in 1399 and the origins of the idea of the royal pretender. Central to this book is his ground-breaking approach to medieval evidence. He explains how an information-based method allows a more certain reading of a series of texts. He criticises existing modes of arriving at consensus and outlines a process of historical analysis that ultimately leads to questGreat BritainHistoryPlantagenets, 1154-1399Great BritainPolitics and government1154-1399Great BritainKings and rulersSuccessionHistoryTo 1500Great BritainHistoryPlantagenets, 1154-1399Historiography942.036092Mortimer Ian1967-1145298MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818838103321Medieval intrigue4125037UNINA