The Plantagenets by Jones, Dan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Praise for The Plantagenets About the Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Epigraph Maps and Genealogical Tables French Kings, 1060–1422 Preface PART I: Age of Shipwreck (1120–1154)

The White Ship Hunt for an Heir The Shipwreck Ambition A Scandalous Wife Henry the Conqueror

PART II: Age of Empire (1154–1204)

Births and Rebirth L’Espace Plantagenet Unholy War Succession Planning The Eagle’s Nest Henry Triumphant A World on Fire King Richard Hero of the East Treachery An Unexpected Detour Return of the Lionheart Lackland Supreme John Softsword Triumph and Catastrophe Lackland Undone

PART III: Age of Opposition (1204–1263)

Salvaging the Wreck A Cruel Master Beginning of the End To Bouvines The Magna Carta Securing the Inheritance Kingship at Last Holy Kingship The Provisions of Oxford The Battle of Lewes From Imprisonment to Evesham The Leopard

PART IV: Age of Arthur (1263–1307)

King at Last A New Arthur The Final Stand The King’s Castles The Price of Conquest The Expulsion of the Jews The Great Cause and French Trickery The Conquest of Scotland Crisis Point Relapse

PART V: Age of Violence (1307–1330)

The King and His Brother The King Restrained Manhunt Promise and Disaster New Favorites Civil War The King’s Tyranny Mortimer, Isabella, and Prince Edward Endgame False Dawn

PART VI: Age of Glory (1330–1360)

Royal Coup Glorious King of a Beggared Kingdom New Earls, New Enemies The Hundred Years War Begins Edward at Sea Dominance The Death of a Princess The Order of the Garter Decade of Triumph

PART VII: Age of Revolution (1360–1399)

The Family Business Unraveling Fortunes The Good Parliament New King, Old Problems England in Uproar Return to Crisis Treason and Trauma The Reinvention of Kingship Richard Revenged Richard Undone Richard Alone

Epilogue Photographs Further Reading Index

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