Chronicles of the Revolution 1397-1400 : The Reign of Richard II (Manchester Medieval Sources Series)

Given-Wilson, Chris (TRN)

Manchester Univ Pr（1993/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 290 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780719035265
• DDC分類 942.038

Full Description

This collection of sources covers one of the most controversial and shocking episodes in medieval English history, the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. Contemporaries were sharply divided about the rights and wrongs of both Richard and Henry, and this division is reflected in the texts which form the major part of these sources. All the principal contemporary chronicles are represented in this collection, from the violently partisan Thomas Walsingham, chronicler of St Alban's Abbey who saw Richard as a tyrant and murderer, to the indignant Dieulacres chronicler, who claimed that the 'innocent king' was tricked into surrender by his perjured barons. -- .

Contents

IntroductionPat one: July 1397 to May 1399Part two: June to September 1399Part three: October 1399 to February 1400Appendix A: The Duke of York's army, July 1399Appendix B: Bollingbroke's army in 1399BibliographyIndex -- .