The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour

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The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour

Name: The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
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Written by Kaye Jones

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.

Nicknamed ‘The Anarchy' for its unprecedented levels of chaos and disorder, the succession crisis that followed the death of King Henry I in 1135 resulted in England's first civil war.

‘The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour’ neatly covers all the major facts and events giving you a clear and straightforward overview of the plots and violence that ensued during the the nineteen-year conflict. ‘The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour’ is engagingly written and accessible for all history lovers.

This, in an hour, is the story of ‘The Medieval Anarchy’ through the personalities, context, events and aftermath of England's first, and often forgotten, civil war.

Love your history? Find out about the world with History in an Hour…

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LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins Publishers

Release dateApr 25, 2013

ISBN9780007525225

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Kaye Jones

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“Wheresoever men tilled, the earth bare no corn, for the land was all ruined by such deeds; and they said openly that Christ and his saints were asleep. Such and more than we can say we endured 19 winters for our sins.” The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle pain
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Jersey 1987: William the Conqueror
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The Greatest Pretender
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The Past
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The White Ship was due to carry 300 passengers to England from Normandy, France. One of the earliest known accounts of the disaster was written by William of Malmesbury who recorded that the passengers, including the crew, had gotten drunk and rowdy
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HEROES & VILLAINS
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When Prince William Adelin drowned in the English Channel in 1120, Henry I lost his only legitimate son and heir. Fifteen years later, when the king breathed his last, this hole in England’s line of succession came home to roost. Henry’s daughter Mat
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The House Of FAA: Scotland’s Lost Gypsy Royal Dynasty*
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Yetholm and the borderlands In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the itinerant and outlawed Scots Gypsy community established itself in the small villages of Kirk and Town Yetholm, nestled in the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish side of the border
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Matilda of Flanders was consort to one of England’s most famous kings, William the Conqueror. However, Matilda did not start her life in the public eye. The daughter of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela of France, Matilda originally held the title of D
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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last September, our new monarch, King Charles III, announced he was creating his eldest son and heir, William, Prince of Wales, Tywysog Cymru, of: “The country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to
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“This Was The Most Disastrous Moment In British Maritime History”
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