[The English Monarchs 01] • Edward I
- Authors
- Prestwich, Michael
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Tags
- history , biography
- ISBN
- 9780300071573
- Date
- 1988-01-28T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.80 MB
- Lang
- en
Edward I—one of the outstanding monarchs of the English Middle Ages—pioneered legal and parliamentary change in England, conquered Wales, and came close to conquering Scotland. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during the 1280s but became involved in a bitter war with Philip IV a decade later. This book is the definitive account of a remarkable king and his long and significant reign. Widely praised when it was first published in 1988, it is now reissued with a new introduction and updated bibliographic guide.
*Praise for the earlier edition:*
"A masterly achievement. . . . A work of enduring value and one certain to remain the standard life for many years."— *Times Literary Supplement*
"A fine book: learned, judicious, carefully thought out and skillfully presented. It is as near comprehensive as any single volume could be."— *History Today*
"To have died more revered than any other English monarch was an outstanding achievement; and it is worthily commemorated by this outstanding addition to the . . . corpus of royal biographies."— *Times Education Supplement*