Writing History for the King: Henry II and the Politics of Vernacular Historiography 0801469716, 9780801469718

Writing History for the King: Henry II and the Politics of Vernacular Historiography 9780801469725

Writing History for the King is at once a reassessment of the reign of Henry II of England (1133–1189) and an original c

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Shakespeare's History Plays : Richard II to Henry V, the Making of a King 9781847601056, 9781847601063

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The Life and Character of King Henry the Fifth

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Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial Rome 0299118045, 9780299118044

Wit has many uses in political discourse—to entertain, to underscore or unmask, to hinder or enhance insight. Wit and th

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Enquire of the Former Age: Ancient Historiography and Writing the History of Israel 9781472550392, 9780567098238, 9780567575302

When methodology relating to the history of ancient Israel is discussed, the issue of historiography is frequently injec

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The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh 9781501720796

Jerry Weinberger reinterprets the meaning of Francis Bacon's History and defines its importance to the rise of mode

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The Usurper King: The Fall of Richard II and the Rise of Henry of Bolingbroke, 1366-99 9781800550506

An in-depth study of an astounding moment in English medieval history. Ideal for people who wish to learn more about the

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The Buccaneer King: The Story of Captain Henry Morgan

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Henry VII: The Maligned Tudor King 9781445646053

Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, has been called the most unlikely King of England. Yet his rise from obscurity was fo

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Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 9780300219555

This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explore

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