DAN JONES PAID Medieval StudiesDAN JONES The Wars of the Roses The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, the celebrated

DAN JONESThe Wars of the RosesThe Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the TudorsIn this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, the celebrated historian describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart, allowing the Tu-dors to take over. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dramatic narrative history offers a corrective to the Tudor’s self-serving account of the conflict and profiles the great heroes and villains of the age, from Joan of Arc to Henry V to Richard III.“Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history. There are battles fought in snow-storms, beheadings, jousts, clandestine marriages, spurious genealogies, flashes of chivalry and streaks of pure malevolence….There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling.”—The Sunday Telegraph (UK)“A fine new history…tautly structured, elegantly written, and finely attuned to the values and sensibilities of the age….Probably the best introduction to the conflict currently in print.”—The Mail on Sunday (UK) VIKING HARDCOVER • 416 PP. • 978-0-670-02667-8 • $36.00

DAN JONESThe PlantagenetsThe Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made EnglandIn this epic narrative history, Jones resurrects the royal dynasty that produced some of England’s best and worst monarchs, including Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine; their sons Richard the Lionheart and conniving King John; and many more. Jones draws upon the latest academic research to recreate the great battles of Bannockburn, Crécy, and Sluys, and reveals how maligned kings Edward II and Richard II met their downfalls. “Jones has opted for a bold narrative approach anchored firmly upon the per-sonalities of the monarchs themselves yet deftly marshaling a vast supporting cast of counts, dukes, and bishops….Fast-paced and accessible.”—The Wall Street Journal“An engaging and readable account…researched with the exacting standards of an academician. The result is an enjoyable, often harrowing journey through a bloody, insecure era in which many of the underpinnings of English kingship and Anglo-American constitutional thinking were formed.”—The Washington PostPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 560 PP. • 978-0-14-312492-4 • $18.00

DAVID CARPENTER , t r ans la to rMagna CartaCOMMENTARIES BY THE TRANSLATOR

For its 800th anniversary, one of democracy’s founding legal documents is now available in a vibrant new translation featuring extensive commentary by David Carpenter, professor of medieval history at King’s College, London. Designed to be a complete textbook as well as an account of the events that led to the charter’s creation, this edition sheds new light on the famous declaration. “Offers a fresh perspective on Magna Carta by using it as a window into the nature of, and tensions within, English society in the early thirteenth century.” —David Carpenter, from the prefacePENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 592 PP. • 978-0-24-195337-2 • $25.00

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PAUL STROHMChaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to CanterburyIn the politically and economically fraught London of the late fourteenth cen-tury, Chaucer was swept up in a series of events that left him jobless, homeless, separated from his wife, exiled from his city, and isolated in the countryside of Kent. Brought expertly to life by Strohm, this is the eye-opening story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury Tales.“Strohm illuminates how 1386 marked a decisive year for Geoffrey Chaucer, one in which he went from accomplished coterie poet to the popular author of the work of genius for which he is celebrated to this day: The Canterbury Tales. In Chaucer’s Tale, Strohm, one of the finest medievalists of our time, brings this turbulent moment in Chaucer’s England to life, recovering in vivid detail the professional and creative pilgrimage that led Chaucer to compose so memo-rable a fictional one.”—James Shapiro, Columbia University VIKING HARDCOVER • 304 PP. • 978-0-670-02643-2 • $28.95

MARK GREENGRASSChristendom Destroyed: Europe 1517–1648The latest volume in the acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series, this fas-cinating study of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries explores the dramatic changes that led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and political frameworks of Western Europe as we know it. “A magnificent achievement. Engagingly written, remarkably comprehensive in scope, impeccable in its scholarship, it should find a wide readership which will be rewarded with a new understanding of one of the most decisive eras in European history.”—Robert A. Schneider, Indiana University“To my knowledge, there is no other comparably comprehensive survey of the period that so clearly and effectively brings all the latest scholarship to bear.” —Jotham Parsons, Duquesne University“Succeeds brilliantly in bringing to life a vanished world...[and] encourages us to recognise the ways in which it prefigures our own”—Literary Review (UK) VIKING HARDCOVER • 752 PP. • 978-0-670-02456-8 • $45.00

WILLIAM ROSENThe Third HorsemanA Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History ForgotRosen draws on an array of disciplines, from military history to feudal law to agricultural economics and climatology, to trace the succession of traumas that caused the worst famine in European history, years before the Black Death. As he charts the combination of lost harvests, warfare, and pestilence that claimed six million lives, one eighth of Europe’s total population in 1315, Rosen outlines the powerful implications these historical events hold for future calamities. “While vividly re-creating a bygone civilization, [Rosen] invites us to…recog-nize that we too live in fragile equilibrium with the natural world...and that like our medieval forebears we may well be vulnerable.”—The Daily Beast “Rosen weaves cataclysmic reports of rains, storms, ice, famine and disease with the exploits of kings, nobles and the sweep of armies in bloody war….His power lies in the breadth and quality of his research.”—Toronto StarVIKING HARDCOVER • 320 PP. • 978-0-670-02589-3 • $28.95PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-0-14-312714-7 • $17.00PAPERBACK AVAILABLE APRIL 2015

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ing the Tu-dors to take over. W

ith vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosw

orth, w

here the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dram

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Joan of Arc to H

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charter’s creation, this edition sheds new light on the fam

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Fall

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long

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Brit

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tore

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allo

win

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e Tu

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take

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vid

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bat

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f Tow

ton

and

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here

the

last

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ntag

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kin

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as sl

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this

dram

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nar

rativ

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stor

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a co

rrec

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to th

e Tu

dor’s

sel

f-ser

ving

acc

ount

of t

he c

onfli

ct a

nd p

rofil

es th

e gr

eat h

eroe

s and

vill

ains

of t

he ag

e, fr

om Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

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ilara

ting,

epi

c, bl

ood-

and-

rose

s hist

ory.

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ttles

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clan

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skill

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piec

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stor

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attu

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to

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valu

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age…

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The

War

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Kin

gs a

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ueen

s W

ho M

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Eng

land

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is ep

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arra

tive

hist

ory,

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s res

urre

cts t

he ro

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ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

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st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

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Hen

ry II

and

his

wife

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eano

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quita

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thei

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conn

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g Joh

n;

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man

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late

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to re

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te th

e gr

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attle

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anno

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s, an

d re

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s how

mal

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d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

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rd II

met

thei

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nfal

ls.

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mly

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wife

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roug

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mul

tuou

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ante

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deci

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six

teen

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cen

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dram

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cha

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geog

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pol

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mew

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urop

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we

know

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und

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andi

ng o

f one

of t

he m

ost d

ecisi

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ras i

n Eu

rope

an h

istor

y.”—

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rt A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

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my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is no

oth

er c

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rabl

y co

mpr

ehen

sive

surv

ey o

f the

pe

riod

that

so

clea

rly a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

the

late

st s

chol

arsh

ip to

bea

r.”

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tham

Par

sons

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oura

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s to

reco

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way

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pre

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tera

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utho

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wor

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omen

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ativ

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lgri

mag

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at le

d C

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o co

mpo

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o m

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fictio

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engu

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f Eur

ope

seri

es, t

his

fas-

cina

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stud

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the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turi

es e

xplo

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the

dram

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cha

nges

that

led

to th

e co

llaps

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Chr

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ndom

and

est

ablis

hed

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geog

raph

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and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

“A m

agni

ficen

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hiev

emen

t. En

gagi

ngly

wri

tten,

rem

arka

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve

in s

cope

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pecc

able

in it

s sc

hola

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p, it

sho

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find

a w

ide

read

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ip w

hich

w

ill b

e re

war

ded

with

a n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isiv

e er

as in

Eu

rope

an h

isto

ry.”—

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ert A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

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my

know

ledg

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ere

is n

o ot

her

com

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preh

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urve

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peri

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hat

so c

lear

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ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

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late

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chol

arsh

ip t

o be

ar.”

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tham

Par

sons

, Duq

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e U

nive

rsity

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ceed

s br

illia

ntly

in b

ring

ing

to li

fe a

van

ishe

d w

orld

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nd] e

ncou

rage

s us

to

reco

gnis

e th

e w

ays i

n w

hich

it p

refig

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our

ow

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Wea

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Fam

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His

tory

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got

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raw

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an

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dis

cipl

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, fro

m m

ilita

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feud

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w to

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ricu

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nom

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limat

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trac

e th

e su

cces

sion

of t

raum

as th

at

caus

ed th

e w

orst

fam

ine

in E

urop

ean

hist

ory,

yea

rs b

efor

e th

e Bl

ack

Dea

th. A

s he

cha

rts t

he c

ombi

natio

n of

lost

har

vest

s, w

arfa

re, a

nd p

estil

ence

that

cla

imed

si

x m

illio

n liv

es, o

ne e

ight

h of

Eur

ope’s

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

in 1

315,

Ros

en o

utlin

es

the

pow

erfu

l im

plic

atio

ns th

ese

hist

oric

al e

vent

s hol

d fo

r fut

ure

cala

miti

es.

“Whi

le v

ivid

ly r

e-cr

eatin

g a

bygo

ne c

ivili

zatio

n, [

Ros

en]

invi

tes

us to

…re

cog-

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that

we

too

live

in fr

agile

equ

ilibr

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with

the

natu

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orld

...an

d th

at li

ke

our m

edie

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oreb

ears

we

may

wel

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vuln

erab

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Dai

ly B

east

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osen

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ves

cata

clys

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rep

orts

of

rain

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orm

s, ic

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amin

e an

d di

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ith th

e ex

ploi

ts o

f kin

gs, n

oble

s and

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swee

p of

arm

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n bl

oody

war

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is

pow

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brea

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qual

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ard

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mew

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of t

he m

ost d

ecisi

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ras i

n Eu

rope

an h

istor

y.”—

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rt A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

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my

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ere

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rabl

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mpr

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sive

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pe

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so

clea

rly a

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all

the

late

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chol

arsh

ip to

bea

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tham

Par

sons

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nive

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The

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s of

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Ros

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l of

the

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genet

s an

d t

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this

rive

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, the

cel

ebra

ted

hist

oria

n de

scri

bes

how

the

long

est-

reig

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tish

roya

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re it

self

apar

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low

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the

Tu-

dors

to ta

ke o

ver.

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viv

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bat

tles o

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ton

and

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orth

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here

the

last

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ntag

enet

kin

g w

as sl

ain,

this

dra

mat

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory

offer

s a

corr

ectiv

e to

the

Tudo

r’s s

elf-

serv

ing

acco

unt o

f the

con

flict

and

pro

files

the

grea

t her

oes a

nd v

illai

ns o

f the

age

, fro

m Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, b

lood

-and

-ros

es h

isto

ry. Th

ere

are

batt

les

foug

ht in

sno

w-

stor

ms,

behe

adin

gs, j

oust

s, cl

ande

stin

e m

arri

ages

, spu

riou

s gen

ealo

gies

, flas

hes

of c

hiva

lry

and

stre

aks

of p

ure

mal

evol

ence

….Th

ere

is fi

ne s

chol

arly

intu

ition

on

dis

play

her

e an

d a

mas

tery

of t

he g

rand

nar

rativ

e; it

is a

sup

rem

ely

skill

ful

piec

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stor

ytel

ling.”

—Th

e Su

nday

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ph (U

K)

“A fi

ne n

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isto

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taut

ly s

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lega

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fine

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th

e va

lues

and

sen

sibi

litie

s of

the

age…

.Pro

babl

y th

e be

st in

trod

uctio

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confl

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urre

ntly

in p

rint

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e M

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Who

Mad

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ngl

and

In th

is e

pic

narr

ativ

e hi

stor

y, Jo

nes

resu

rrec

ts th

e ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

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st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

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Hen

ry I

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s w

ife

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f Aqu

itain

e; th

eir s

ons R

icha

rd th

e Lio

nhea

rt an

d co

nniv

ing

Kin

g Jo

hn;

and

man

y m

ore.

Jone

s dr

aws

upon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

Slu

ys, a

nd re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

“Jon

es h

as o

pted

for

a bo

ld n

arra

tive

appr

oach

anc

hore

d fir

mly

upo

n th

e pe

r-so

nalit

ies

of th

e m

onar

chs

them

selv

es y

et d

eftly

mar

shal

ing

a va

st s

uppo

rtin

g ca

st o

f co

unts

, du

kes,

and

bish

ops…

.Fas

t-pa

ced

and

acce

ssib

le.”—

The

Wal

l St

reet

Jour

nal

“An

enga

ging

and

rea

dabl

e ac

coun

t…re

sear

ched

with

the

exac

ting

stan

dard

s of

an

aca

dem

icia

n. Th

e re

sult

is a

n en

joya

ble,

ofte

n ha

rrow

ing

jour

ney

thro

ugh

a bl

oody

, ins

ecur

e era

in w

hich

man

y of

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nder

pinn

ings

of E

nglis

h ki

ngsh

ip an

d A

nglo

-Am

eric

an c

onst

itutio

nal t

hink

ing

wer

e fo

rmed

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6 a

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e po

litic

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and

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ly fr

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from

his

wife

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from

his

city

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isol

ated

in th

e co

untr

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e of

K

ent.

Brou

ght

expe

rtly

to li

fe b

y St

rohm

, thi

s is

the

eye

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ning

sto

ry o

f the

tu

mul

tuou

s yea

r tha

t led

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

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Can

terb

ury

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s.“S

troh

m il

lum

inat

es h

ow 1

386

mar

ked

a de

cisi

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ear

for

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ffrey

Cha

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e in

whi

ch h

e w

ent f

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acc

ompl

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d co

teri

e po

et to

the

popu

lar a

utho

r of

the

wor

k of

gen

ius f

or w

hich

he

is c

eleb

rate

d to

this

day

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Can

terb

ury

Tale

s. In

Cha

ucer

’s Ta

le, S

troh

m, o

ne o

f the

fine

st m

edie

valis

ts o

f our

tim

e, b

ring

s thi

s tu

rbul

ent m

omen

t in

Cha

ucer

’s En

glan

d to

life

, rec

over

ing

in v

ivid

det

ail t

he

prof

essi

onal

and

cre

ativ

e pi

lgri

mag

e th

at le

d C

hauc

er t

o co

mpo

se s

o m

emo-

rabl

e a

fictio

nal o

ne.”—

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es S

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The

late

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the

accl

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engu

in H

isto

ry o

f Eur

ope

seri

es, t

his

fas-

cina

ting

stud

y of

the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turi

es e

xplo

res

the

dram

atic

cha

nges

that

led

to th

e co

llaps

e of

Chr

iste

ndom

and

est

ablis

hed

the

geog

raph

ical

and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

“A m

agni

ficen

t ac

hiev

emen

t. En

gagi

ngly

wri

tten,

rem

arka

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve

in s

cope

, im

pecc

able

in it

s sc

hola

rshi

p, it

sho

uld

find

a w

ide

read

ersh

ip w

hich

w

ill b

e re

war

ded

with

a n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isiv

e er

as in

Eu

rope

an h

isto

ry.”—

Rob

ert A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

“To

my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is n

o ot

her

com

para

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve s

urve

y of

the

peri

od t

hat

so c

lear

ly a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

the

late

st s

chol

arsh

ip t

o be

ar.”

—Jo

tham

Par

sons

, Duq

uesn

e U

nive

rsity

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ceed

s br

illia

ntly

in b

ring

ing

to li

fe a

van

ishe

d w

orld

...[a

nd] e

ncou

rage

s us

to

reco

gnis

e th

e w

ays i

n w

hich

it p

refig

ures

our

ow

n”—

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Thir

d H

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man

A S

tory

of

Wea

ther

, W

ar,

and t

he

Fam

ine

His

tory

For

got

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en d

raw

s on

an

arra

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dis

cipl

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, fro

m m

ilita

ry h

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ry to

feud

al la

w to

ag

ricu

ltura

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nom

ics a

nd c

limat

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trac

e th

e su

cces

sion

of t

raum

as th

at

caus

ed th

e w

orst

fam

ine

in E

urop

ean

hist

ory,

yea

rs b

efor

e th

e Bl

ack

Dea

th. A

s he

cha

rts t

he c

ombi

natio

n of

lost

har

vest

s, w

arfa

re, a

nd p

estil

ence

that

cla

imed

si

x m

illio

n liv

es, o

ne e

ight

h of

Eur

ope’s

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

in 1

315,

Ros

en o

utlin

es

the

pow

erfu

l im

plic

atio

ns th

ese

hist

oric

al e

vent

s hol

d fo

r fut

ure

cala

miti

es.

“Whi

le v

ivid

ly r

e-cr

eatin

g a

bygo

ne c

ivili

zatio

n, [

Ros

en]

invi

tes

us to

…re

cog-

nize

that

we

too

live

in fr

agile

equ

ilibr

ium

with

the

natu

ral w

orld

...an

d th

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ke

our m

edie

val f

oreb

ears

we

may

wel

l be

vuln

erab

le.”—

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Dai

ly B

east

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osen

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ves

cata

clys

mic

rep

orts

of

rain

s, st

orm

s, ic

e, f

amin

e an

d di

seas

e w

ith th

e ex

ploi

ts o

f kin

gs, n

oble

s and

the

swee

p of

arm

ies i

n bl

oody

war

….H

is

pow

er li

es in

the

brea

dth

and

qual

ity o

f his

rese

arch

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The

Fall

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Ris

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Tud

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tore

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lf ap

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allo

win

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e Tu

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take

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vid

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bat

tles o

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ton

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, w

here

the

last

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ntag

enet

kin

g w

as sl

ain,

this

dram

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nar

rativ

e hi

stor

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ers

a co

rrec

tive

to th

e Tu

dor’s

sel

f-ser

ving

acc

ount

of t

he c

onfli

ct a

nd p

rofil

es th

e gr

eat h

eroe

s and

vill

ains

of t

he ag

e, fr

om Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, bl

ood-

and-

rose

s hist

ory.

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e ar

e ba

ttles

foug

ht in

snow

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s, be

head

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, jou

sts,

clan

dest

ine m

arria

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spur

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gen

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hes

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lry

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stre

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fine

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larly

intu

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on

disp

lay

here

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aste

ry o

f the

gra

nd n

arra

tive;

it is

a su

prem

ely

skill

ful

piec

e of

stor

ytel

ling.”

—Th

e Sun

day

Teleg

raph

(UK

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fine

new

hist

ory…

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ly st

ruct

ured

, ele

gant

ly w

ritte

n, a

nd fi

nely

attu

ned

to

the

valu

es a

nd s

ensib

ilitie

s of

the

age…

.Pro

babl

y th

e be

st in

trod

uctio

n to

the

confl

ict c

urre

ntly

in p

rint.”

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e Mai

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The

War

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Kin

gs a

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ueen

s W

ho M

ade

Eng

land

In th

is ep

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory,

Jone

s res

urre

cts t

he ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry II

and

his

wife

El

eano

r of A

quita

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thei

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s Ric

hard

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and

conn

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g Kin

g Joh

n;

and

man

y m

ore.

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ws u

pon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

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rn, C

récy

, and

Sluy

s, an

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s how

mal

igne

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ngs

Edw

ard

II a

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narr

ativ

e hi

stor

y, Jo

nes

resu

rrec

ts th

e ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry I

I an

d hi

s w

ife

Elea

nor o

f Aqu

itain

e; th

eir s

ons R

icha

rd th

e Lio

nhea

rt an

d co

nniv

ing

Kin

g Jo

hn;

and

man

y m

ore.

Jone

s dr

aws

upon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

Slu

ys, a

nd re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

“Jon

es h

as o

pted

for

a bo

ld n

arra

tive

appr

oach

anc

hore

d fir

mly

upo

n th

e pe

r-so

nalit

ies

of th

e m

onar

chs

them

selv

es y

et d

eftly

mar

shal

ing

a va

st s

uppo

rtin

g ca

st o

f co

unts

, du

kes,

and

bish

ops…

.Fas

t-pa

ced

and

acce

ssib

le.”—

The

Wal

l St

reet

Jour

nal

“An

enga

ging

and

rea

dabl

e ac

coun

t…re

sear

ched

with

the

exac

ting

stan

dard

s of

an

aca

dem

icia

n. Th

e re

sult

is a

n en

joya

ble,

ofte

n ha

rrow

ing

jour

ney

thro

ugh

a bl

oody

, ins

ecur

e era

in w

hich

man

y of

the u

nder

pinn

ings

of E

nglis

h ki

ngsh

ip an

d A

nglo

-Am

eric

an c

onst

itutio

nal t

hink

ing

wer

e fo

rmed

.”—Th

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t on

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fam

ous d

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ratio

n.

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rs a

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ersp

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e on

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na C

arta

by

usin

g it

as a

win

dow

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ture

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with

in, E

nglis

h so

ciet

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38

6 a

nd t

he

Roa

d t

o C

ante

rbury

In th

e po

litic

ally

and

eco

nom

ical

ly fr

augh

t Lon

don

of th

e la

te fo

urte

enth

cen

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ry, C

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er w

as sw

ept u

p in

a se

ries

of e

vent

s tha

t left

him

jobl

ess,

hom

eles

s, se

para

ted

from

his

wife

, exi

led

from

his

city

, and

isol

ated

in th

e co

untr

ysid

e of

K

ent.

Brou

ght

expe

rtly

to li

fe b

y St

rohm

, thi

s is

the

eye

-ope

ning

sto

ry o

f the

tu

mul

tuou

s yea

r tha

t led

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

The

Can

terb

ury

Tale

s.“S

troh

m il

lum

inat

es h

ow 1

386

mar

ked

a de

cisi

ve y

ear

for

Geo

ffrey

Cha

ucer

, on

e in

whi

ch h

e w

ent f

rom

acc

ompl

ishe

d co

teri

e po

et to

the

popu

lar a

utho

r of

the

wor

k of

gen

ius f

or w

hich

he

is c

eleb

rate

d to

this

day

: The

Can

terb

ury

Tale

s. In

Cha

ucer

’s Ta

le, S

troh

m, o

ne o

f the

fine

st m

edie

valis

ts o

f our

tim

e, b

ring

s thi

s tu

rbul

ent m

omen

t in

Cha

ucer

’s En

glan

d to

life

, rec

over

ing

in v

ivid

det

ail t

he

prof

essi

onal

and

cre

ativ

e pi

lgri

mag

e th

at le

d C

hauc

er t

o co

mpo

se s

o m

emo-

rabl

e a

fictio

nal o

ne.”—

Jam

es S

hapi

ro, C

olum

bia

Uni

vers

ity

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17

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48

The

late

st v

olum

e in

the

accl

aim

ed P

engu

in H

isto

ry o

f Eur

ope

seri

es, t

his

fas-

cina

ting

stud

y of

the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turi

es e

xplo

res

the

dram

atic

cha

nges

that

led

to th

e co

llaps

e of

Chr

iste

ndom

and

est

ablis

hed

the

geog

raph

ical

and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

“A m

agni

ficen

t ac

hiev

emen

t. En

gagi

ngly

wri

tten,

rem

arka

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve

in s

cope

, im

pecc

able

in it

s sc

hola

rshi

p, it

sho

uld

find

a w

ide

read

ersh

ip w

hich

w

ill b

e re

war

ded

with

a n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isiv

e er

as in

Eu

rope

an h

isto

ry.”—

Rob

ert A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

“To

my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is n

o ot

her

com

para

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve s

urve

y of

the

peri

od t

hat

so c

lear

ly a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

the

late

st s

chol

arsh

ip t

o be

ar.”

—Jo

tham

Par

sons

, Duq

uesn

e U

nive

rsity

“Suc

ceed

s br

illia

ntly

in b

ring

ing

to li

fe a

van

ishe

d w

orld

...[a

nd] e

ncou

rage

s us

to

reco

gnis

e th

e w

ays i

n w

hich

it p

refig

ures

our

ow

n”—

Lite

rary

Rev

iew

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man

A S

tory

of

Wea

ther

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ar,

and t

he

Fam

ine

His

tory

For

got

Ros

en d

raw

s on

an

arra

y of

dis

cipl

ines

, fro

m m

ilita

ry h

isto

ry to

feud

al la

w to

ag

ricu

ltura

l eco

nom

ics a

nd c

limat

olog

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trac

e th

e su

cces

sion

of t

raum

as th

at

caus

ed th

e w

orst

fam

ine

in E

urop

ean

hist

ory,

yea

rs b

efor

e th

e Bl

ack

Dea

th. A

s he

cha

rts t

he c

ombi

natio

n of

lost

har

vest

s, w

arfa

re, a

nd p

estil

ence

that

cla

imed

si

x m

illio

n liv

es, o

ne e

ight

h of

Eur

ope’s

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

in 1

315,

Ros

en o

utlin

es

the

pow

erfu

l im

plic

atio

ns th

ese

hist

oric

al e

vent

s hol

d fo

r fut

ure

cala

miti

es.

“Whi

le v

ivid

ly r

e-cr

eatin

g a

bygo

ne c

ivili

zatio

n, [

Ros

en]

invi

tes

us to

…re

cog-

nize

that

we

too

live

in fr

agile

equ

ilibr

ium

with

the

natu

ral w

orld

...an

d th

at li

ke

our m

edie

val f

oreb

ears

we

may

wel

l be

vuln

erab

le.”—

The

Dai

ly B

east

“R

osen

wea

ves

cata

clys

mic

rep

orts

of

rain

s, st

orm

s, ic

e, f

amin

e an

d di

seas

e w

ith th

e ex

ploi

ts o

f kin

gs, n

oble

s and

the

swee

p of

arm

ies i

n bl

oody

war

….H

is

pow

er li

es in

the

brea

dth

and

qual

ity o

f his

rese

arch

.”—To

ront

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ON

ESTh

e W

ars

of t

he R

oses

The

Fall

of t

he P

lant

agen

ets

and

the

Ris

e of

the

Tud

ors

In th

is riv

etin

g fo

llow

-up

to Th

e Pla

ntag

enet

s, th

e cel

ebra

ted

hist

oria

n de

scrib

es

how

the

long

est-

reig

ning

Brit

ish ro

yal f

amily

tore

itse

lf ap

art,

allo

win

g th

e Tu

-do

rs to

take

ove

r. W

ith vi

vid

desc

riptio

ns o

f the

bat

tles o

f Tow

ton

and

Bosw

orth

, w

here

the

last

Pla

ntag

enet

kin

g w

as sl

ain,

this

dram

atic

nar

rativ

e hi

stor

y off

ers

a co

rrec

tive

to th

e Tu

dor’s

sel

f-ser

ving

acc

ount

of t

he c

onfli

ct a

nd p

rofil

es th

e gr

eat h

eroe

s and

vill

ains

of t

he ag

e, fr

om Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, bl

ood-

and-

rose

s hist

ory.

Ther

e ar

e ba

ttles

foug

ht in

snow

-st

orm

s, be

head

ings

, jou

sts,

clan

dest

ine m

arria

ges,

spur

ious

gen

ealo

gies

, flas

hes

of c

hiva

lry

and

stre

aks o

f pur

e m

alev

olen

ce…

.Ther

e is

fine

scho

larly

intu

ition

on

disp

lay

here

and

a m

aste

ry o

f the

gra

nd n

arra

tive;

it is

a su

prem

ely

skill

ful

piec

e of

stor

ytel

ling.”

—Th

e Sun

day

Teleg

raph

(UK

)“A

fine

new

hist

ory…

taut

ly st

ruct

ured

, ele

gant

ly w

ritte

n, a

nd fi

nely

attu

ned

to

the

valu

es a

nd s

ensib

ilitie

s of

the

age…

.Pro

babl

y th

e be

st in

trod

uctio

n to

the

confl

ict c

urre

ntly

in p

rint.”

—Th

e Mai

l on

Sund

ay (U

K)

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ESTh

e P

lant

agen

ets

The

War

rior

Kin

gs a

nd Q

ueen

s W

ho M

ade

Eng

land

In th

is ep

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory,

Jone

s res

urre

cts t

he ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry II

and

his

wife

El

eano

r of A

quita

ine;

thei

r son

s Ric

hard

the L

ionh

eart

and

conn

ivin

g Kin

g Joh

n;

and

man

y m

ore.

Jone

s dra

ws u

pon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

Sluy

s, an

d re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

“Jon

es h

as o

pted

for a

bol

d na

rrat

ive

appr

oach

anc

hore

d fir

mly

upo

n th

e pe

r-so

nalit

ies o

f the

mon

arch

s the

mse

lves

yet

deft

ly m

arsh

alin

g a

vast

supp

ortin

g ca

st o

f co

unts

, duk

es, a

nd b

ishop

s….F

ast-

pace

d an

d ac

cess

ible

.”—Th

e W

all

Stre

et Jo

urna

l“A

n en

gagi

ng a

nd re

adab

le a

ccou

nt…

rese

arch

ed w

ith th

e ex

actin

g st

anda

rds o

f an

aca

dem

icia

n. Th

e re

sult

is an

enj

oyab

le, o

ften

harr

owin

g jo

urne

y th

roug

h a

bloo

dy, i

nsec

ure e

ra in

whi

ch m

any o

f the

und

erpi

nnin

gs o

f Eng

lish

king

ship

and

Ang

lo-A

mer

ican

cons

titut

iona

l thi

nkin

g w

ere f

orm

ed.”—

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ew tr

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feat

urin

g ex

tens

ive c

omm

enta

ry b

y Dav

id

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edie

val h

istor

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n. D

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com

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n th

e fa

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lara

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pers

pect

ive

on M

agna

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ta b

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ing

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w in

to th

e na

ture

of,

and

tens

ions

with

in, E

nglis

h so

ciet

y in

the

early

thirt

eent

h ce

ntur

y.”

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avid

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pent

er, f

rom

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Tale

: 1

38

6 a

nd t

he

Roa

d t

o C

ante

rbury

In th

e po

litic

ally

and

eco

nom

ical

ly fr

augh

t Lon

don

of th

e la

te fo

urte

enth

cen

-tu

ry, C

hauc

er w

as sw

ept u

p in

a se

ries

of e

vent

s tha

t left

him

jobl

ess,

hom

eles

s, se

para

ted

from

his

wife

, exi

led

from

his

city

, and

isol

ated

in th

e co

untr

ysid

e of

K

ent.

Brou

ght

expe

rtly

to li

fe b

y St

rohm

, thi

s is

the

eye

-ope

ning

sto

ry o

f the

tu

mul

tuou

s yea

r tha

t led

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

The

Can

terb

ury

Tale

s.“S

troh

m il

lum

inat

es h

ow 1

386

mar

ked

a de

cisi

ve y

ear

for

Geo

ffrey

Cha

ucer

, on

e in

whi

ch h

e w

ent f

rom

acc

ompl

ishe

d co

teri

e po

et to

the

popu

lar a

utho

r of

the

wor

k of

gen

ius f

or w

hich

he

is c

eleb

rate

d to

this

day

: The

Can

terb

ury

Tale

s. In

Cha

ucer

’s Ta

le, S

troh

m, o

ne o

f the

fine

st m

edie

valis

ts o

f our

tim

e, b

ring

s thi

s tu

rbul

ent m

omen

t in

Cha

ucer

’s En

glan

d to

life

, rec

over

ing

in v

ivid

det

ail t

he

prof

essi

onal

and

cre

ativ

e pi

lgri

mag

e th

at le

d C

hauc

er t

o co

mpo

se s

o m

emo-

rabl

e a

fictio

nal o

ne.”—

Jam

es S

hapi

ro, C

olum

bia

Uni

vers

ity

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48

The

late

st v

olum

e in

the

accl

aim

ed P

engu

in H

isto

ry o

f Eur

ope

seri

es, t

his

fas-

cina

ting

stud

y of

the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turi

es e

xplo

res

the

dram

atic

cha

nges

that

led

to th

e co

llaps

e of

Chr

iste

ndom

and

est

ablis

hed

the

geog

raph

ical

and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

“A m

agni

ficen

t ac

hiev

emen

t. En

gagi

ngly

wri

tten,

rem

arka

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve

in s

cope

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pecc

able

in it

s sc

hola

rshi

p, it

sho

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find

a w

ide

read

ersh

ip w

hich

w

ill b

e re

war

ded

with

a n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isiv

e er

as in

Eu

rope

an h

isto

ry.”—

Rob

ert A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

“To

my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is n

o ot

her

com

para

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve s

urve

y of

the

peri

od t

hat

so c

lear

ly a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

the

late

st s

chol

arsh

ip t

o be

ar.”

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tham

Par

sons

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e U

nive

rsity

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ntly

in b

ring

ing

to li

fe a

van

ishe

d w

orld

...[a

nd] e

ncou

rage

s us

to

reco

gnis

e th

e w

ays i

n w

hich

it p

refig

ures

our

ow

n”—

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hist

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he c

ombi

natio

n of

lost

har

vest

s, w

arfa

re, a

nd p

estil

ence

that

cla

imed

si

x m

illio

n liv

es, o

ne e

ight

h of

Eur

ope’s

tota

l pop

ulat

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in 1

315,

Ros

en o

utlin

es

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pow

erfu

l im

plic

atio

ns th

ese

hist

oric

al e

vent

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cala

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ON

ESTh

e W

ars

of t

he R

oses

The

Fall

of t

he P

lant

agen

ets

and

the

Ris

e of

the

Tud

ors

In th

is riv

etin

g fo

llow

-up

to Th

e Pla

ntag

enet

s, th

e cel

ebra

ted

hist

oria

n de

scrib

es

how

the

long

est-

reig

ning

Brit

ish ro

yal f

amily

tore

itse

lf ap

art,

allo

win

g th

e Tu

-do

rs to

take

ove

r. W

ith vi

vid

desc

riptio

ns o

f the

bat

tles o

f Tow

ton

and

Bosw

orth

, w

here

the

last

Pla

ntag

enet

kin

g w

as sl

ain,

this

dram

atic

nar

rativ

e hi

stor

y off

ers

a co

rrec

tive

to th

e Tu

dor’s

sel

f-ser

ving

acc

ount

of t

he c

onfli

ct a

nd p

rofil

es th

e gr

eat h

eroe

s and

vill

ains

of t

he ag

e, fr

om Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, bl

ood-

and-

rose

s hist

ory.

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e ar

e ba

ttles

foug

ht in

snow

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s, be

head

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sts,

clan

dest

ine m

arria

ges,

spur

ious

gen

ealo

gies

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hes

of c

hiva

lry

and

stre

aks o

f pur

e m

alev

olen

ce…

.Ther

e is

fine

scho

larly

intu

ition

on

disp

lay

here

and

a m

aste

ry o

f the

gra

nd n

arra

tive;

it is

a su

prem

ely

skill

ful

piec

e of

stor

ytel

ling.”

—Th

e Sun

day

Teleg

raph

(UK

)“A

fine

new

hist

ory…

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ly st

ruct

ured

, ele

gant

ly w

ritte

n, a

nd fi

nely

attu

ned

to

the

valu

es a

nd s

ensib

ilitie

s of

the

age…

.Pro

babl

y th

e be

st in

trod

uctio

n to

the

confl

ict c

urre

ntly

in p

rint.”

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e Mai

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Sund

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War

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Kin

gs a

nd Q

ueen

s W

ho M

ade

Eng

land

In th

is ep

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory,

Jone

s res

urre

cts t

he ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry II

and

his

wife

El

eano

r of A

quita

ine;

thei

r son

s Ric

hard

the L

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eart

and

conn

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g Kin

g Joh

n;

and

man

y m

ore.

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s dra

ws u

pon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

Sluy

s, an

d re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

“Jon

es h

as o

pted

for a

bol

d na

rrat

ive

appr

oach

anc

hore

d fir

mly

upo

n th

e pe

r-so

nalit

ies o

f the

mon

arch

s the

mse

lves

yet

deft

ly m

arsh

alin

g a

vast

supp

ortin

g ca

st o

f co

unts

, duk

es, a

nd b

ishop

s….F

ast-

pace

d an

d ac

cess

ible

.”—Th

e W

all

Stre

et Jo

urna

l“A

n en

gagi

ng a

nd re

adab

le a

ccou

nt…

rese

arch

ed w

ith th

e ex

actin

g st

anda

rds o

f an

aca

dem

icia

n. Th

e re

sult

is an

enj

oyab

le, o

ften

harr

owin

g jo

urne

y th

roug

h a

bloo

dy, i

nsec

ure e

ra in

whi

ch m

any o

f the

und

erpi

nnin

gs o

f Eng

lish

king

ship

and

Ang

lo-A

mer

ican

cons

titut

iona

l thi

nkin

g w

ere f

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e fa

mou

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lara

tion.

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ffers

a fr

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pers

pect

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on M

agna

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to th

e na

ture

of,

and

tens

ions

with

in, E

nglis

h so

ciet

y in

the

early

thirt

eent

h ce

ntur

y.”

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avid

Car

pent

er, f

rom

the

pref

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MC

hauc

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Tal

e: 1

38

6 a

nd t

he R

oad

to C

ante

rbur

yIn

the

polit

ical

ly a

nd e

cono

mic

ally

frau

ght L

ondo

n of

the

late

four

teen

th c

en-

tury

, Cha

ucer

was

swep

t up

in a

serie

s of e

vent

s tha

t left

him

jobl

ess,

hom

eles

s, se

para

ted

from

his

wife

, exi

led

from

his

city

, and

isol

ated

in th

e co

untr

ysid

e of

Ke

nt. B

roug

ht e

xper

tly to

life

by

Stro

hm, t

his

is th

e ey

e-op

enin

g st

ory

of th

e tu

mul

tuou

s yea

r tha

t led

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

The C

ante

rbur

y Ta

les.

“Str

ohm

illu

min

ates

how

138

6 m

arke

d a

deci

sive

year

for

Geo

ffrey

Cha

ucer

, on

e in

whi

ch h

e w

ent f

rom

acc

ompl

ished

cot

erie

poe

t to

the

popu

lar a

utho

r of

the

wor

k of

gen

ius f

or w

hich

he

is ce

lebr

ated

to th

is da

y: Th

e Can

terb

ury

Tales

. In

Cha

ucer

’s Ta

le, S

troh

m, o

ne o

f the

fine

st m

edie

valis

ts o

f our

tim

e, br

ings

this

turb

ulen

t mom

ent i

n C

hauc

er’s

Engl

and

to li

fe, r

ecov

erin

g in

viv

id d

etai

l the

pr

ofes

siona

l and

cre

ativ

e pi

lgrim

age

that

led

Cha

ucer

to c

ompo

se s

o m

emo-

rabl

e a

fictio

nal o

ne.”—

Jam

es S

hapi

ro, C

olum

bia

Uni

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Hist

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urop

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fas-

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stud

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six

teen

th a

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arly

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ente

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cen

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dram

atic

cha

nges

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led

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e co

llaps

e of

Chr

isten

dom

and

est

ablis

hed

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geog

raph

ical

and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

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agni

ficen

t ac

hiev

emen

t. En

gagi

ngly

writ

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auce

r’s T

ale:

138

6 an

d th

e R

oad

to C

ante

rbur

yIn

the p

oliti

cally

and

econ

omica

lly fr

augh

t Lon

don

of th

e lat

e fou

rteen

th ce

n-tu

ry, C

hauc

er w

as sw

ept u

p in

a se

ries o

f eve

nts t

hat l

eft h

im jo

bles

s, ho

mele

ss,

sepa

rate

d fro

m h

is wi

fe, e

xiled

from

his

city,

and

isolat

ed in

the c

ount

rysid

e of

Kent

. Bro

ught

exp

ertly

to li

fe b

y St

rohm

, thi

s is t

he e

ye-o

peni

ng st

ory

of th

e tu

mul

tuou

s yea

r tha

t led

to th

e cre

atio

n of

The C

anter

bury

Tal

es.

“Stro

hm il

lum

inat

es h

ow 1

386

mar

ked

a de

cisiv

e ye

ar fo

r G

eoffr

ey C

hauc

er,

one i

n wh

ich h

e wen

t fro

m ac

com

plish

ed co

terie

poe

t to

the p

opul

ar au

thor

of

the w

ork

of ge

nius

for w

hich

he i

s cele

brat

ed to

this

day:

The C

anter

bury

Tal

es.

In C

hauc

er’s T

ale,

Stro

hm, o

ne o

f the

fine

st m

edie

valis

ts of

our

tim

e, br

ings

this

turb

ulen

t mom

ent i

n Ch

auce

r’s E

nglan

d to

life

, rec

over

ing

in v

ivid

det

ail t

he

prof

essio

nal a

nd c

reat

ive

pilg

rimag

e th

at le

d Ch

auce

r to

com

pose

so m

emo-

rabl

e a fi

ctio

nal o

ne.”—

Jam

es Sh

apiro

, Col

umbi

a Uni

vers

ity

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MAR

K GR

EEN

GRAS

SCh

riste

ndom

Des

troy

ed: E

urop

e 15

17–1

648

The l

ates

t vol

ume i

n th

e acc

laim

ed P

engu

in H

istor

y of

Eur

ope s

eries

, thi

s fas

-cin

atin

g stu

dy o

f the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turie

s ex

plor

es th

e dr

amat

ic ch

ange

s tha

t led

to th

e co

llaps

e of

Chr

isten

dom

and

esta

blish

ed th

e ge

ogra

phica

l and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as w

e kno

w it.

“A

mag

nific

ent a

chie

vem

ent.

Enga

ging

ly w

ritte

n, r

emar

kabl

y co

mpr

ehen

sive

in sc

ope,

impe

ccab

le in

its s

chol

arsh

ip, i

t sho

uld

find

a wid

e rea

ders

hip

which

wi

ll be

rewa

rded

with

a ne

w un

ders

tand

ing

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isive

eras

in

Euro

pean

hist

ory.”

—Ro

bert

A. S

chne

ider

, Ind

iana

Uni

vers

ity“T

o m

y kn

owled

ge, t

here

is n

o ot

her c

ompa

rabl

y co

mpr

ehen

sive s

urve

y of

the

perio

d th

at so

clea

rly a

nd e

ffect

ively

brin

gs a

ll th

e lat

est s

chol

arsh

ip to

bea

r.”

—Jo

tham

Par

sons

, Duq

uesn

e Uni

vers

ity“S

ucce

eds b

rillia

ntly

in b

ringi

ng to

life

a va

nish

ed w

orld

...[an

d] en

cour

ages

us

to re

cogn

ise th

e way

s in

which

it p

refig

ures

our

own

”—Li

terar

y Rev

iew (U

K)

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WIL

LIAM

ROS

ENTh

e Th

ird H

orse

man

A St

ory

of W

eath

er, W

ar, a

nd t

he F

amin

e H

isto

ry F

orgo

tRo

sen

draw

s on

an a

rray

of d

iscip

lines

, fro

m m

ilita

ry h

istor

y to

feud

al law

to

agric

ultu

ral e

cono

mics

and

clim

atol

ogy,

to tr

ace t

he su

cces

sion

of tr

aum

as th

at

caus

ed th

e wor

st fa

min

e in

Euro

pean

hist

ory,

year

s bef

ore t

he B

lack

Dea

th. A

s he

char

ts th

e com

bina

tion

of lo

st ha

rves

ts, w

arfa

re, a

nd p

estil

ence

that

claim

ed

six m

illio

n liv

es, o

ne ei

ghth

of E

urop

e’s to

tal p

opul

atio

n in

1315

, Ros

en ou

tline

s th

e pow

erfu

l im

plica

tions

thes

e hist

orica

l eve

nts h

old

for f

utur

e cal

amiti

es.

“Whi

le vi

vidl

y re

-cre

atin

g a

bygo

ne ci

viliz

atio

n, [R

osen

] inv

ites u

s to…

reco

g-ni

ze th

at w

e too

live

in fr

agile

equi

libriu

m w

ith th

e nat

ural

world

...and

that

like

ou

r med

ieva

l for

ebea

rs w

e may

well

be v

ulne

rabl

e.”—

The D

aily

Beas

t “R

osen

wea

ves

cata

clysm

ic re

ports

of r

ains,

storm

s, ice

, fam

ine

and

dise

ase

with

the e

xplo

its o

f kin

gs, n

obles

and

the s

weep

of a

rmies

in b

lood

y war

….H

is po

wer l

ies in

the b

read

th an

d qu

ality

of h

is re

sear

ch.”—

Toro

nto S

tar

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DA

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ES

The

War

s of

the

Ros

esThe

Fal

l of

the

Pla

nta

genet

s an

d t

he

Ris

e of

the

Tudor

sIn

this

rive

ting

follo

w-u

p to

The

Plan

tage

nets

, the

cel

ebra

ted

hist

oria

n de

scri

bes

how

the

long

est-

reig

ning

Bri

tish

roya

l fam

ily to

re it

self

apar

t, al

low

ing

the

Tu-

dors

to ta

ke o

ver.

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viv

id d

escr

iptio

ns o

f the

bat

tles o

f Tow

ton

and

Bosw

orth

, w

here

the

last

Pla

ntag

enet

kin

g w

as sl

ain,

this

dra

mat

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory

offer

s a

corr

ectiv

e to

the

Tudo

r’s s

elf-

serv

ing

acco

unt o

f the

con

flict

and

pro

files

the

grea

t her

oes a

nd v

illai

ns o

f the

age

, fro

m Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, b

lood

-and

-ros

es h

isto

ry. Th

ere

are

batt

les

foug

ht in

sno

w-

stor

ms,

behe

adin

gs, j

oust

s, cl

ande

stin

e m

arri

ages

, spu

riou

s gen

ealo

gies

, flas

hes

of c

hiva

lry

and

stre

aks

of p

ure

mal

evol

ence

….Th

ere

is fi

ne s

chol

arly

intu

ition

on

dis

play

her

e an

d a

mas

tery

of t

he g

rand

nar

rativ

e; it

is a

sup

rem

ely

skill

ful

piec

e of

stor

ytel

ling.”

—Th

e Su

nday

Tel

egra

ph (U

K)

“A fi

ne n

ew h

isto

ry…

taut

ly s

truc

ture

d, e

lega

ntly

wri

tten,

and

fine

ly a

ttune

d to

th

e va

lues

and

sen

sibi

litie

s of

the

age…

.Pro

babl

y th

e be

st in

trod

uctio

n to

the

confl

ict c

urre

ntly

in p

rint

.”—Th

e M

ail o

n Su

nday

(UK

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Pla

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rior

Kin

gs a

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ns

Who

Mad

e E

ngl

and

In th

is e

pic

narr

ativ

e hi

stor

y, Jo

nes

resu

rrec

ts th

e ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry I

I an

d hi

s w

ife

Elea

nor o

f Aqu

itain

e; th

eir s

ons R

icha

rd th

e Lio

nhea

rt an

d co

nniv

ing

Kin

g Jo

hn;

and

man

y m

ore.

Jone

s dr

aws

upon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

Slu

ys, a

nd re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

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es h

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pted

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a bo

ld n

arra

tive

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oach

anc

hore

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mly

upo

n th

e pe

r-so

nalit

ies

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e m

onar

chs

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es y

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eftly

mar

shal

ing

a va

st s

uppo

rtin

g ca

st o

f co

unts

, du

kes,

and

bish

ops…

.Fas

t-pa

ced

and

acce

ssib

le.”—

The

Wal

l St

reet

Jour

nal

“An

enga

ging

and

rea

dabl

e ac

coun

t…re

sear

ched

with

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ting

stan

dard

s of

an

aca

dem

icia

n. Th

e re

sult

is a

n en

joya

ble,

ofte

n ha

rrow

ing

jour

ney

thro

ugh

a bl

oody

, ins

ecur

e era

in w

hich

man

y of

the u

nder

pinn

ings

of E

nglis

h ki

ngsh

ip an

d A

nglo

-Am

eric

an c

onst

itutio

nal t

hink

ing

wer

e fo

rmed

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UL

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RO

HM

Chau

cer’s

Tale

: 1

38

6 a

nd t

he

Roa

d t

o C

ante

rbury

In th

e po

litic

ally

and

eco

nom

ical

ly fr

augh

t Lon

don

of th

e la

te fo

urte

enth

cen

-tu

ry, C

hauc

er w

as sw

ept u

p in

a se

ries

of e

vent

s tha

t left

him

jobl

ess,

hom

eles

s, se

para

ted

from

his

wife

, exi

led

from

his

city

, and

isol

ated

in th

e co

untr

ysid

e of

K

ent.

Brou

ght

expe

rtly

to li

fe b

y St

rohm

, thi

s is

the

eye

-ope

ning

sto

ry o

f the

tu

mul

tuou

s yea

r tha

t led

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

The

Can

terb

ury

Tale

s.“S

troh

m il

lum

inat

es h

ow 1

386

mar

ked

a de

cisi

ve y

ear

for

Geo

ffrey

Cha

ucer

, on

e in

whi

ch h

e w

ent f

rom

acc

ompl

ishe

d co

teri

e po

et to

the

popu

lar a

utho

r of

the

wor

k of

gen

ius f

or w

hich

he

is c

eleb

rate

d to

this

day

: The

Can

terb

ury

Tale

s. In

Cha

ucer

’s Ta

le, S

troh

m, o

ne o

f the

fine

st m

edie

valis

ts o

f our

tim

e, b

ring

s thi

s tu

rbul

ent m

omen

t in

Cha

ucer

’s En

glan

d to

life

, rec

over

ing

in v

ivid

det

ail t

he

prof

essi

onal

and

cre

ativ

e pi

lgri

mag

e th

at le

d C

hauc

er t

o co

mpo

se s

o m

emo-

rabl

e a

fictio

nal o

ne.”—

Jam

es S

hapi

ro, C

olum

bia

Uni

vers

ity

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48

The

late

st v

olum

e in

the

accl

aim

ed P

engu

in H

isto

ry o

f Eur

ope

seri

es, t

his

fas-

cina

ting

stud

y of

the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turi

es e

xplo

res

the

dram

atic

cha

nges

that

led

to th

e co

llaps

e of

Chr

iste

ndom

and

est

ablis

hed

the

geog

raph

ical

and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

“A m

agni

ficen

t ac

hiev

emen

t. En

gagi

ngly

wri

tten,

rem

arka

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve

in s

cope

, im

pecc

able

in it

s sc

hola

rshi

p, it

sho

uld

find

a w

ide

read

ersh

ip w

hich

w

ill b

e re

war

ded

with

a n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isiv

e er

as in

Eu

rope

an h

isto

ry.”—

Rob

ert A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

“To

my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is n

o ot

her

com

para

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve s

urve

y of

the

peri

od t

hat

so c

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ON

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of t

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Fall

of t

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lant

agen

ets

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Ris

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llow

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how

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long

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reig

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Brit

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tore

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lf ap

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allo

win

g th

e Tu

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take

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vid

desc

riptio

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bat

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f Tow

ton

and

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orth

, w

here

the

last

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ntag

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kin

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as sl

ain,

this

dram

atic

nar

rativ

e hi

stor

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ers

a co

rrec

tive

to th

e Tu

dor’s

sel

f-ser

ving

acc

ount

of t

he c

onfli

ct a

nd p

rofil

es th

e gr

eat h

eroe

s and

vill

ains

of t

he ag

e, fr

om Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, bl

ood-

and-

rose

s hist

ory.

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snow

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spur

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of c

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stre

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gra

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piec

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attu

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age…

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N J

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ESTh

e P

lant

agen

ets

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War

rior

Kin

gs a

nd Q

ueen

s W

ho M

ade

Eng

land

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is ep

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory,

Jone

s res

urre

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he ro

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ynas

ty th

at p

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ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry II

and

his

wife

El

eano

r of A

quita

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thei

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s Ric

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the L

ionh

eart

and

conn

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g Kin

g Joh

n;

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man

y m

ore.

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s dra

ws u

pon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

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s, an

d re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

“Jon

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as o

pted

for a

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rrat

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anc

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mly

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e pe

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f the

mon

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vast

supp

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f co

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pace

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n en

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roug

h a

bloo

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nsec

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ra in

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und

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f Eng

lish

king

ship

and

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serie

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vent

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him

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s, se

para

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from

his

wife

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from

his

city

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isol

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in th

e co

untr

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roug

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xper

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life

by

Stro

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his

is th

e ey

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of th

e tu

mul

tuou

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ante

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how

138

6 m

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deci

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year

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ffrey

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Hist

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this

fas-

cina

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stud

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the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

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enth

cen

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dram

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cha

nges

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led

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geog

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pol

itica

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mew

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of W

este

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urop

e as

we

know

it.

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com

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new

und

erst

andi

ng o

f one

of t

he m

ost d

ecisi

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ras i

n Eu

rope

an h

istor

y.”—

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rt A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

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my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is no

oth

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rabl

y co

mpr

ehen

sive

surv

ey o

f the

pe

riod

that

so

clea

rly a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

the

late

st s

chol

arsh

ip to

bea

r.”

—Jo

tham

Par

sons

, Duq

uesn

e U

nive

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ceed

s bril

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fe a

van

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wor

ld...

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oura

ges u

s to

reco

gnise

the

way

s in

whi

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pre

figur

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ur o

wn”

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tera

ry R

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war

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wer

lies

in th

e br

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h an

d qu

ality

of h

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sear

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swee

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ON

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of t

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The

Fall

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lant

agen

ets

and

the

Ris

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hist

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how

the

long

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reig

ning

Brit

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yal f

amily

tore

itse

lf ap

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allo

win

g th

e Tu

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rs to

take

ove

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vid

desc

riptio

ns o

f the

bat

tles o

f Tow

ton

and

Bosw

orth

, w

here

the

last

Pla

ntag

enet

kin

g w

as sl

ain,

this

dram

atic

nar

rativ

e hi

stor

y off

ers

a co

rrec

tive

to th

e Tu

dor’s

sel

f-ser

ving

acc

ount

of t

he c

onfli

ct a

nd p

rofil

es th

e gr

eat h

eroe

s and

vill

ains

of t

he ag

e, fr

om Jo

an o

f Arc

to H

enry

V to

Ric

hard

III.

“Exh

ilara

ting,

epi

c, bl

ood-

and-

rose

s hist

ory.

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e ar

e ba

ttles

foug

ht in

snow

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s, be

head

ings

, jou

sts,

clan

dest

ine m

arria

ges,

spur

ious

gen

ealo

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, flas

hes

of c

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lry

and

stre

aks o

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alev

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ce…

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fine

scho

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on

disp

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here

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a m

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gra

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it is

a su

prem

ely

skill

ful

piec

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stor

ytel

ling.”

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day

Teleg

raph

(UK

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fine

new

hist

ory…

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ly st

ruct

ured

, ele

gant

ly w

ritte

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nd fi

nely

attu

ned

to

the

valu

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ensib

ilitie

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the

age…

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babl

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trod

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confl

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urre

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in p

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e P

lant

agen

ets

The

War

rior

Kin

gs a

nd Q

ueen

s W

ho M

ade

Eng

land

In th

is ep

ic n

arra

tive

hist

ory,

Jone

s res

urre

cts t

he ro

yal d

ynas

ty th

at p

rodu

ced

som

e of

Eng

land

’s be

st a

nd w

orst

mon

arch

s, in

clud

ing

Hen

ry II

and

his

wife

El

eano

r of A

quita

ine;

thei

r son

s Ric

hard

the L

ionh

eart

and

conn

ivin

g Kin

g Joh

n;

and

man

y m

ore.

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s dra

ws u

pon

the

late

st a

cade

mic

rese

arch

to re

crea

te th

e gr

eat b

attle

s of B

anno

ckbu

rn, C

récy

, and

Sluy

s, an

d re

veal

s how

mal

igne

d ki

ngs

Edw

ard

II a

nd R

icha

rd II

met

thei

r dow

nfal

ls.

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es h

as o

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for a

bol

d na

rrat

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appr

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anc

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d fir

mly

upo

n th

e pe

r-so

nalit

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f the

mon

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mse

lves

yet

deft

ly m

arsh

alin

g a

vast

supp

ortin

g ca

st o

f co

unts

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ishop

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ast-

pace

d an

d ac

cess

ible

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roug

h a

bloo

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ra in

whi

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f Eng

lish

king

ship

and

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swep

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serie

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him

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hom

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s, se

para

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from

his

wife

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his

city

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isol

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roug

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life

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Stro

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of th

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mul

tuou

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t led

to th

e cr

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ante

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how

138

6 m

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deci

sive

year

for

Geo

ffrey

Cha

ucer

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whi

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acc

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cot

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the

popu

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wor

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Hist

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of E

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this

fas-

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stud

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the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

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enth

cen

turie

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plor

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he

dram

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cha

nges

that

led

to th

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Chr

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and

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the

geog

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and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

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urop

e as

we

know

it.

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hiev

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gagi

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arka

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com

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in it

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houl

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whi

ch

will

be

rew

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new

und

erst

andi

ng o

f one

of t

he m

ost d

ecisi

ve e

ras i

n Eu

rope

an h

istor

y.”—

Robe

rt A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

“To

my

know

ledg

e, th

ere

is no

oth

er c

ompa

rabl

y co

mpr

ehen

sive

surv

ey o

f the

pe

riod

that

so

clea

rly a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

the

late

st s

chol

arsh

ip to

bea

r.”

—Jo

tham

Par

sons

, Duq

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e U

nive

rsity

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ceed

s bril

liant

ly in

brin

ging

to li

fe a

van

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wor

ld...

[and

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oura

ges u

s to

reco

gnise

the

way

s in

whi

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pre

figur

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ur o

wn”

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tera

ry R

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trac

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succ

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trau

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ca

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orts

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rain

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orm

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e ex

ploi

ts o

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swee

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war

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g Jo

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the

popu

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utho

r of

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wor

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gen

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terb

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omen

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glan

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life

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prof

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ativ

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lgri

mag

e th

at le

d C

hauc

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o co

mpo

se s

o m

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rabl

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fictio

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accl

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engu

in H

isto

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f Eur

ope

seri

es, t

his

fas-

cina

ting

stud

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the

six

teen

th a

nd e

arly

sev

ente

enth

cen

turi

es e

xplo

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the

dram

atic

cha

nges

that

led

to th

e co

llaps

e of

Chr

iste

ndom

and

est

ablis

hed

the

geog

raph

ical

and

pol

itica

l fra

mew

orks

of W

este

rn E

urop

e as

we

know

it.

“A m

agni

ficen

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hiev

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t. En

gagi

ngly

wri

tten,

rem

arka

bly

com

preh

ensi

ve

in s

cope

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pecc

able

in it

s sc

hola

rshi

p, it

sho

uld

find

a w

ide

read

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hich

w

ill b

e re

war

ded

with

a n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of o

ne o

f the

mos

t dec

isiv

e er

as in

Eu

rope

an h

isto

ry.”—

Rob

ert A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

“To

my

know

ledg

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ere

is n

o ot

her

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para

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urve

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peri

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hat

so c

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ffect

ivel

y br

ings

all

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late

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chol

arsh

ip t

o be

ar.”

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tham

Par

sons

, Duq

uesn

e U

nive

rsity

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ceed

s br

illia

ntly

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ring

ing

to li

fe a

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d w

orld

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ncou

rage

s us

to

reco

gnis

e th

e w

ays i

n w

hich

it p

refig

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our

ow

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Thir

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of

Wea

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, W

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and t

he

Fam

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His

tory

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got

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raw

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an

arra

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dis

cipl

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, fro

m m

ilita

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feud

al la

w to

ag

ricu

ltura

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nom

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limat

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trac

e th

e su

cces

sion

of t

raum

as th

at

caus

ed th

e w

orst

fam

ine

in E

urop

ean

hist

ory,

yea

rs b

efor

e th

e Bl

ack

Dea

th. A

s he

cha

rts t

he c

ombi

natio

n of

lost

har

vest

s, w

arfa

re, a

nd p

estil

ence

that

cla

imed

si

x m

illio

n liv

es, o

ne e

ight

h of

Eur

ope’s

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

in 1

315,

Ros

en o

utlin

es

the

pow

erfu

l im

plic

atio

ns th

ese

hist

oric

al e

vent

s hol

d fo

r fut

ure

cala

miti

es.

“Whi

le v

ivid

ly r

e-cr

eatin

g a

bygo

ne c

ivili

zatio

n, [

Ros

en]

invi

tes

us to

…re

cog-

nize

that

we

too

live

in fr

agile

equ

ilibr

ium

with

the

natu

ral w

orld

...an

d th

at li

ke

our m

edie

val f

oreb

ears

we

may

wel

l be

vuln

erab

le.”—

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Dai

ly B

east

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osen

wea

ves

cata

clys

mic

rep

orts

of

rain

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orm

s, ic

e, f

amin

e an

d di

seas

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ith th

e ex

ploi

ts o

f kin

gs, n

oble

s and

the

swee

p of

arm

ies i

n bl

oody

war

….H

is

pow

er li

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brea

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and

qual

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f his

rese

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e gr

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he ag

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an o

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ard

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an h

istor

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rt A

. Sch

neid

er, I

ndia

na U

nive

rsity

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ere

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pe

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GU I DE CAMBRAIBarlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the BuddhaTRANSLATED WITH NOTES BY PEGGY McCRACKEN INTRODUCTION BY DONALD S. LOPEZ

One of the great migratory texts of history—a Buddha legend that passed into the West through Muslim sources—this French variant was beloved by medieval Christians and remains an essential source for discovering connections among world religions. McCracken’s highly readable translation is the only version available in modern English. PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 224 PP. • 978-0-14-310701-9 • $16.00

ROYALL TYLER , t r ans la to r The Tale of the Heike This 12th-century samurai saga of pride, romance, and warfare in medieval Japan is a foundational work of Japanese culture and a major masterpiece of world literature. Tyler’s presentation recreates the work in its full operatic form, with speech, poetry, blank verse, song, and recitative that convey the work’s character as an oral epic. Lavishly illustrated and accompanied by notes, maps, character guides, and genealogies.“An elegant new translation [and] an account of a 12th-century civil war that is an impor-tant historical document as well as a work of great power and beauty.”—Los Angeles TimesPENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 784 PP. • 978-0-14-310726-2 • $30.00

KENKO and CHOMEIEssays in Idleness and HojokiTRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY MEREDITH McKINNEY

Two tracts on life’s fleeting pleasures by medieval Buddhist monks are now available in a new translation with an introduction that explores the works’ spiritual and historical background. Together, they offer unique perspectives on 12th- and 13th-century Japan. “[Essays in Idleness is] an eccentric, sedate and gemlike assemblage of [Kenkō’s] thoughts on life, death, weather, manners, aesthetics, nature, drinking, conversational bores, sex, house design, the beauties of understatement….Charming.”—Smithsonian Magazine“[Hōjōki] has earned its classic status for…its frankness and economy of expression and its capacity to rise above cliché….Vivid.”—David L. Gardiner, Hawaii Pacific UniversityPENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 224 PP. • 978-0-14-119210-9 • $16.00

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DIARMAID MacCULLOCHSilence: A Christian HistoryThe author of Christianity explores the vital role of silence in the Christian story, from Jesus’ early message to medieval monastic life to the present day. “Excellent: A beautifully written, factually dense, intellectually sophisticated look at the theological uses and abuses of silence, from the spirituality of quiet to the Catholic Church’s horrifying reticence about child abuse and the Holocaust.”—New York Magazine“MacCulloch is a superb raconteur....But beyond mere storytelling and the skilful display of his strength of learning, he also takes a strong ethical stance in telling the truth and revealing some of the darker sides of Christian history.”—The Times Higher EducationPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 352 PP. • 978-0-14-312581-5 • $17.00

NOSTRADAMUS The Prophecies A DUAL-LANGUAGE EDITION WITH PARALLEL TEXTEDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STÉPHANE GERSON TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY RICHARD SIEBURTH

The first major literary presentation of Nostradamus’s Prophecies, this edition considers the text’s legacy in terms of the poetics of the quatrains and maps the cultural, political, and historical forces that give the epic its visionary power.“Sieburth’s artful work demonstrates a keen understanding of Nostradamus that few possess. Accompanied by a masterly introduction by Stéphane Gerson, this translation is one for the ages.”—Lawrence D. Kritzman, Dartmouth CollegePENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 400 PP. • 978-0-14-310675-3 • $28.00

MYRA STOKES and AD PUTTER , ed i t o r sThe Works of the Gawain PoetSir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience, CleannessThis volume brings together four works of the unknown fourteenth-century poet and author of the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in their origi-nal Middle English. Also includes the famous medieval texts Pearl, Cleanness, and Patience, complete with notes, annotations, glossaries, and other supplementary scholarly material.PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 1,040 PP. • 978-0-14-042414-0 • $25.00AVAILABLE JUNE 2015

THOMAS OF MONMOUTHThe Life and Passion of William of NorwichEDITED AND TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MIRI RUBIN

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