Realm divided [text(large print)]
Jones, Dan, 1981-2016
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1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history - saw England engulfed by crisis. Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, they drew up a list of their demands. In June, in a quiet Thames-side water-meadow, John attached his regal seal - under oath - to a charter that set limits on regal power. In return, the barons renewed their vows of fealty. Groundbreaking though 'Magna Carta' was, it had scant immediate impact as England descended into civil war that would still be raging when John died the following year. Jones's account of the vicissitudes of feudal power politics and the workings of 13th-century government is interwoven with a exploration of the lives of ordinary people.
Main title:
Realm divided [text(large print)] / Dan Jones.
Author:
Jones, Dan, 1981-, author
Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2016.
Collation:
336 pages (large print)
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Head of Zeus, 2015.
ISBN:
9781510030527 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.033
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
884577