Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 /
Strickland, Matthew, 1962-
Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 / Matthew Strickland. - 1 online resource (507 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A forgotten king? -- Born in the purple: early childhood and infant marriage, 1155-1160 -- Rex puer: coronation plans and associative kingship, 1161-1163 -- Training for kingship, 1163-1169 -- Novus rex: the coronation, 1170 -- The regent and the martyr, 1170-1172 -- "A king without a kingdom": the seeds of war, 1172-1173 -- "The cubs of the roaring lion shall awaken": the outbreak of war, 1173 -- Invasion: the onslaught renewed, 1174 -- A fragile peace, 1175-1177 -- Apogee: king of the tournament, 1177-1182 -- Keeping the balance of power: France, 1178-1182 -- The brothers' war, 1183 -- Vir sanctus: death, commemoration and legacy.
This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father's lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II's great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. This history provides a richly coloured portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.
9780300219555 (electronic bk.) 0300219555 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt1f6fwtg JSTOR E3EAEA32-5050-4D6F-801A-190CA554A098 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2016009450
Henry, King of England, 1155-1183.
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 --Family.
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189.
Henry, King of England, 1155-1183.
1154-1189
HISTORY--Great Britain.--Europe
Families.
Kings and rulers.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--1154-1189 (Henri II)
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
DA206 / .S77 2016
942.03/1092
Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 / Matthew Strickland. - 1 online resource (507 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A forgotten king? -- Born in the purple: early childhood and infant marriage, 1155-1160 -- Rex puer: coronation plans and associative kingship, 1161-1163 -- Training for kingship, 1163-1169 -- Novus rex: the coronation, 1170 -- The regent and the martyr, 1170-1172 -- "A king without a kingdom": the seeds of war, 1172-1173 -- "The cubs of the roaring lion shall awaken": the outbreak of war, 1173 -- Invasion: the onslaught renewed, 1174 -- A fragile peace, 1175-1177 -- Apogee: king of the tournament, 1177-1182 -- Keeping the balance of power: France, 1178-1182 -- The brothers' war, 1183 -- Vir sanctus: death, commemoration and legacy.
This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father's lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II's great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. This history provides a richly coloured portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.
9780300219555 (electronic bk.) 0300219555 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt1f6fwtg JSTOR E3EAEA32-5050-4D6F-801A-190CA554A098 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2016009450
Henry, King of England, 1155-1183.
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 --Family.
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189.
Henry, King of England, 1155-1183.
1154-1189
HISTORY--Great Britain.--Europe
Families.
Kings and rulers.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--1154-1189 (Henri II)
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
DA206 / .S77 2016
942.03/1092