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Peter Des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205-1238 Hardback - 1996

Name: Peter des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205-1238 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 31)
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This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the thirteenth-century Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of his fellow aliens are fundamental to an understanding of the process by which England and France developed as two separate kingdoms. The book also sheds new light on such hotly-debated issues as the role of aliens in English politics, the reception of Magna Carta, the loss of Normandy, and the constitutional and administrative developments of the reign of Henry III.

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This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of his fellow aliens - examined here in detail for the first time - are fundamental to an understanding of the process by which England and France developed as two separate kingdoms. As a politician, des Roches cast a shadow across the reigns of both John and Henry III. His biography encompasses the first detailed narrative yet attempted of English political history in the early 1230s and of the civil war of 1233-4: a period which, as the author argues, has been much misunderstood. In the process it sheds new light on such hotly debated issues as the role of aliens in English politics, the reception of Magna Carta, and loss of Normandy, and the constitutional and administrative developments of the reign of Henry III.

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Title Peter Des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205-1238
Author Nicholas Vincent
Binding Hardback
Edition First Edition
Pages 566
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Cambridge University Press, UK
Publication date 1996-04-11
Features Bibliography
ISBN 9780521552547 / 0521552540
Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
Dimensions 8.73 x 5.65 x 1.82 in (22.17 x 14.35 x 4.62 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - Henry III,, Des Roches, Peter
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95017649
Dewey Decimal Code 942.034