Plantagenets · the Warrior Kings Who Invented England by Jones, Dan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph Contents List of Maps List of 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 Peace Process

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 New Horizons Hero of the East Treachery At the Emperor’s Pleasure Return of the Lionheart Lackland Supreme John Softsword Triumph and Catastrophe Lackland Undone

Part III – Age of Opposition (1204–1263)

Salvaging the Wreck A Stay-at-Home King A Cruel Master Beginning of the End To Bouvines Magna Carta Securing the Inheritance From Marshal to Magna Carta Kingship at Last Marriage and Family Holy Kingship The Road to War The Provisions of Oxford

Part IV – Age of Arthur (1263–1307)

Lewes From Imprisonment to Evesham The Leopard 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 War on All Fronts The Conquest of Scotland Crisis Point Relapse

Part V – Age of Violence (1307–1330)

The King and his Brother Coronation Emergency The Ordinances Manhunt Summer of Promise Bannockburn New Favourites Civil War The King’s Tyranny Mortimer, Isabella and Prince Edward Endgame Abdication 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 The Crisis of 1341 Dominance The Death of a Princess Chivalry Reborn Decade of Triumph

Part VII – Age of Revolution (1360–1399)

The Family Business Unravelling 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

Picture Section Conclusion Further Reading Searchable Terms Other Books by Dan Jones Copyright About the Publisher

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