The Thirteenth Century: 1216-1307
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
At the heart of England's most turbulent and transformative century stands a story of kings, barons, and the slow, grinding birth of constitutional governance — and Sir Maurice Powicke's The Thirteenth Century: 1216–1307 chronicles it all with magisterial authority. Part of the prestigious Oxford History of England series, this volume covers the reign of Henry III through to the death of Edward I, a period that witnessed Magna Carta's consolidation, the rise of Parliament, the Barons' Wars, and the conquest of Wales. Powicke presents the era not merely as a sequence of political upheavals, but as a richly textured world of ecclesiastical ambition, feudal obligation, and nascent national identity. Powicke's scholarship is distinguished by its extraordinary command of primary sources and its ability to render complex constitutional and ecclesiastical history with both precision and narrative grace. This second edition, a cornerstone of medieval English historiography, remains essential reading for any student of the Middle Ages, and its insights into the interplay between royal authority and baronial resistance resonate far beyond their historical moment — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of that ancient tension still echoes today.
Author: Sir Maurice Powicke
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Genre: British & Irish history
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
At the heart of England's most turbulent and transformative century stands a story of kings, barons, and the slow, grinding birth of constitutional governance — and Sir Maurice Powicke's The Thirteenth Century: 1216–1307 chronicles it all with magisterial authority. Part of the prestigious Oxford History of England series, this volume covers the reign of Henry III through to the death of Edward I, a period that witnessed Magna Carta's consolidation, the rise of Parliament, the Barons' Wars, and the conquest of Wales. Powicke presents the era not merely as a sequence of political upheavals, but as a richly textured world of ecclesiastical ambition, feudal obligation, and nascent national identity. Powicke's scholarship is distinguished by its extraordinary command of primary sources and its ability to render complex constitutional and ecclesiastical history with both precision and narrative grace. This second edition, a cornerstone of medieval English historiography, remains essential reading for any student of the Middle Ages, and its insights into the interplay between royal authority and baronial resistance resonate far beyond their historical moment — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of that ancient tension still echoes today.