King John, Henry III and England’s Lost Civil War John Paul Davis

King John, Henry III and England’s Lost Civil War – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781526750075,1526750074

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526750074
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526750075
• Author(s): John Paul Davis

In 1204, the great Angevin Empire created by the joining of the dynasties of Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was fragmenting. At its height, the family landholdings had been among the largest the world had ever seen. From the border of England and Scotland in the north to south of the Pyrenees, it seemed there was nowhere in Europe destined to escape Plantagenet control.

Yet within five years of his accession, King John’s grip on the family holdings was loosening. Betrayal against his father and brother, the murder of his nephew, and breaking promises made to his supporters were just some of the accusations levelled against him. When Philip II conquered Normandy, the chroniclers believed that an ancient prophecy was fulfilled: that in this year the sword would be separated from the sceptre. For the first time since 1066, England’s rule over the ancestral land was over.

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