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Usurpers A New Look At Medieval Kings
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Author : Michele Morrical
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2021-10-13
Usurpers A New Look At Medieval Kings written by Michele Morrical and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-13 with History categories.
This examination of six usurper kings of England, and the people and circumstances surrounding them, is “a masterpiece of academic scholarship” (Midwest Book Review). In the Middle Ages, England had to contend with a string of usurpers who disrupted the British monarchy—and ultimately changed the course of European history by deposing England’s reigning kings and seizing power for themselves. Some of the most infamous usurper kings to come out of medieval England include William the Conqueror, Stephen of Blois, Henry Bolingbroke, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry Tudor. Did these kings really deserve the title of usurper, or were they unfairly vilified by royal propaganda and biased chroniclers? This book examines the lives of these six medieval kings, the circumstances that brought each of them to power, and whether or not they deserve the title of usurper. Along the way readers will hear stories of some of the most fascinating people of medieval Europe, including Empress Matilda, the woman who nearly succeeded at becoming the first ruling Queen of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine, the queen of both France and England, who stirred her own sons to rebel against their father, Henry II; Richard II, whose cruel and vengeful reign caused his own family to overthrow him; Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of York, and Edward IV, who struggled for power during the Wars of the Roses; the notorious Richard III and his monstrous reputation as a child-killer; and Henry VII, who rose from relative obscurity to establish the most famous royal family of all time: the Tudors.
The Usurpers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1749
The Usurpers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1749 with categories.
Usurpers
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Author : Francisco Ayala
language : en
Publisher: Schocken
Release Date : 1987
Usurpers written by Francisco Ayala and has been published by Schocken this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Fiction categories.
Beware The Usurpers
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Author : Robert W. Krepps
language : en
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Release Date : 2021-07-21
Beware The Usurpers written by Robert W. Krepps and has been published by Alpha Edition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-21 with Fiction categories.
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Kings And Usurpers In The Seleukid Empire
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Author : Boris Chrubasik
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-20
Kings And Usurpers In The Seleukid Empire written by Boris Chrubasik and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-20 with History categories.
Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King focuses on ideas of kingship and power in the Seleukid empire, the largest of the successor states of Alexander the Great. Exploring the question of how a man becomes a king, it specifically examines the role of usurpers in this particular kingdom - those who attempted to become king, and who were labelled as rebels by ancient authors after their demise - by placing these individuals in their appropriate historical contexts through careful analysis of the literary, numismatic, and epigraphic material. By writing about kings and rebels, literary accounts make a clear statement about who had the right to rule and who did not, and the Seleukid kings actively fostered their own images of this right throughout the third and second centuries BCE. However, what emerges from the documentary evidence is a revelatory picture of a political landscape in which kings and those who would be kings were in constant competition to persuade whole cities and armies that they were the only plausible monarch, and of a right to rule that, advanced and refuted on so many sides, simply did not exist. Through careful analysis, this volume advances a new political history of the Seleukid empire that is predicated on social power, redefining the role of the king as only one of several players within the social world and offering new approaches to the interpretation of the relationship between these individuals themselves and with the empire they sought to rule. In doing so, it both questions the current consensus on the Seleukid state, arguing instead that despite its many strong rulers the empire was structurally weak, and offers a new approach to writing political history of the ancient world.
Emperors And Usurpers In The Later Roman Empire
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Author : Adrastos Omissi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-28
Emperors And Usurpers In The Later Roman Empire written by Adrastos Omissi and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with History categories.
One of the great maxims of history is that it is written by the victors, and nowhere does this find greater support than in the later Roman Empire. Between 284 and 395 AD, no fewer than 37 men claimed imperial power, though today we recognize barely half of these men as 'legitimate' rulers and more than two thirds died at their subjects' hands. Once established in power, a new ruler needed to publicly legitimate himself and to discredit his predecessor: overt criticism of the new regime became high treason, with historians supressing their accounts for fear of reprisals and the very names of defeated emperors chiselled from public inscriptions and deleted from official records. In a period of such chaos, how can we ever hope to record in any fair or objective way the history of the Roman state? Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire is the first history of civil war in the later Roman Empire to be written in English and aims to address this question by focusing on the various ways in which successive imperial dynasties attempted to legitimate themselves and to counter the threat of almost perpetual internal challenge to their rule. Panegyric in particular emerges as a crucial tool for understanding the rapidly changing political world of the third and fourth centuries, providing direct evidence of how, in the wake of civil wars, emperors attempted to publish their legitimacy and to delegitimize their enemies. The ceremony and oratory surrounding imperial courts too was of great significance: used aggressively to dramatize and constantly recall the events of recent civil wars, the narratives produced by the court in this context also went on to have enormous influence on the messages and narratives found within contemporary historical texts. In its exploration of the ways in which successive imperial courts sought to communicate with their subjects, this volume offers a thoroughly original reworking of late Roman domestic politics, and demonstrates not only how history could be erased, rewritten, and repurposed, but also how civil war, and indeed usurpation, became endemic to the later Empire.
Last Of The Usurpers
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Author : William Seale
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06-07
Last Of The Usurpers written by William Seale and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-07 with Fiction categories.
About the Book The Usurpers were once a powerful race of fighters with magic flowing through their veins, making them stronger, faster, and far more durable, but at a price. Last of the Usurpers follows Argent, a man believed to be a myth, a legendary Usurper who was responsible for the death of the Dragons, as he journeys to save his daughter from the hands of her captor. A tale of love and the lengths parents will go to save their children, this edge-of-your-seat read is a thrilling, fantastical commentary on the nature of love, the way it is quick to grow and then deeply rooted. About the Author William Seale J.R. loves fantasy. Magic is everything to him, and he does not mean just the kind in books and movies. Ever since he was five, he was able to imagine stories in an instant. Growing up with dyslexia, it made reading difficult to enjoy, and you can forget about writing. It was not until he picked up his favorite book and became deeply captivated that he realized his love of stories would push him through. Despite growing up without any extended family, he has made his family from all of his close friends, all of whom supported and pushed him to realize his dream. Magic is in everything; you just have to be willing to see it.
Constantius Ii
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Author : Peter Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-11-11
Constantius Ii written by Peter Crawford and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-11 with History categories.
A compelling biography of Constantine I’s heir: “Excellent analyses of a number of battles and sieges . . . a good read for anyone interested in the late Empire.” —The NYMAS Review The reign of Constantius II has been overshadowed by that of his titanic father, Constantine the Great, and his cousin and successor, the pagan Julian. But as Peter Crawford shows, Constantius deserves to be remembered as a very capable ruler in dangerous, tumultuous times. When Constantine I died in 337, twenty-year-old Constantius and his two brothers, Constans and Constantine II, all received the title of Augustus to reign as equal co-emperors. In 340, however, Constantine II was killed in a fraternal civil war with Constans. The two remaining brothers shared the Empire for the next ten years, with Constantius ruling Egypt and the Asian provinces, constantly threatened by the Sassanid Persian Empire. Constans in turn was killed by the usurper Magnentius in 350. Constantius refused to accept this fait accompli, made war on Magnentius, and defeated him at the battles of Mursa Major and Mons Seleucus, leading Magnentius to commit suicide. Constantius was now sole ruler of the Empire—but it was an empire beset by external enemies. This historical biography recounts Constantius’ life and his successful campaigns against the Germanic Alamanni along the Rhine and the Quadi and Sarmatians across the Danube, as well as his efforts against the Persians in the East, which had more mixed results—and reveals how he defended the Empire until his dying day.
Usurpers
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Author : Francisco Ayala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Usurpers written by Francisco Ayala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Short stories, Spanish categories.
Usurpers Rising
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Author : Grace Drune
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Usurpers Rising written by Grace Drune and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.