Stephen (Penguin Monarchs) - The Reign of Anarchy

Stephen risked being seen as a man who never quite transcended the essential flawed-ness of his claim to be king. His actions betrayed uneasiness in his new skin'' br>br>Remembered as a time in which ''Christ and his saints slept'', Stephen''s troubled reign plunged England into anarchy. Without clear rules of succession in the Norman monarchy, conflict within William the Conqueror''s family was inevitable. But, as this resonant portrait shows, there was another problem too: Stephen himself, unable to make good the transition from nobleman to king.>

Product details

• Authors: Carl Watkins, Watkins Carl
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780141989877
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198987-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 180 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; Penguin Monarchs
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; England, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval