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Originally published in 1949. Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power. The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivalsthe barons and the churchmade his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Succession
Chapter 2. The King and the Magnates
Chapter 3. The King's Servants
Chapter 4. The Royal Administration
Chapter 5. King John and the Church
Chapter 6. King or Tyrant
Chapter 7. The Seeds of Revolt
Chapter 8. Magna Carta
Chapter 9. The Civil War
Index

The Reign of King John

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 30/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9781421435152, 978-1421435152
      ISBN10: 1421435152
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally published in 1949. Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power. The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivalsthe barons and the churchmade his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1. The Succession
      Chapter 2. The King and the Magnates
      Chapter 3. The King's Servants
      Chapter 4. The Royal Administration
      Chapter 5. King John and the Church
      Chapter 6. King or Tyrant
      Chapter 7. The Seeds of Revolt
      Chapter 8. Magna Carta
      Chapter 9. The Civil War
      Index

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