Kathryn Warner (1)
Autore di Edward II: The Unconventional King
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Kathryn Warner holds a BA and an MA with Distinction in medieval history and literature from the University of Manchester. She is the author of biographies about Edward II and his queen Isabella and runs the popular blog, edwardthesecond.blogspot.co.uk. Kathryn has had work published in the English mostra altro Historical Review, Fourteenth Century England and the BBC History Magazine, has given a paper at the International Medieval Congress, and appeared in a BBC documentary. A well-known author of fourteenth-century history, this is her first book for Pen and Sword. mostra meno
Opere di Kathryn Warner
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- United Kingdom
- Luogo di nascita
- Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Manchester University
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The Granddaughters of Edward III di Kathryn Warner
Ms. Warner is a noted historian. I much enjoyed her biography of Edward II. This work is a bit more academic but very enjoyable to read. It's thoroughly documented with lots of footnotes, but never boring. The granddaughters of Edward III were, in all, remarkable women.
Edward III was a famously successful king in terms of monarchical reign and length, he was also the grandsire of royalty and nobility across Europe. In this book Warner considers the influence of this monarch in terms of the lives of his nine granddaughters. I found this incredibly fascinating and learnt a lot more about the lives of a number of powerful women. Surprising to me was the huge influence that these women had in Spain and Portugal through their founding of dynasties.
London was one of the largest cities in the world at the start of the fourteenth century and the lives of people were complex yet beset with the same issues as now. Here the author has used records to look at the lives of the people of this metropolis, what were the main issues and how their day to day existence happened. There are some wonderful tales here and some incredible insights in archaic law - how inanimate objects could be 'fined' for causing death. The research is fantastic and writing style incredibly accessible.… (altro)
This book is well researched and has an abundance of detail. That is also its downside: it is too detailed for pleasant reading. Large parts read as a long list of expenses, names, and other facts.
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- ISBN
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