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It is unusual for a volume in the English Episcopal Acta series to cover the episcopate of a single bishop. However, Peter des Roches was one of the most important and controversial figures in the political history of 13th-century England. Volume IX contains a large number of administrative writs re...
Author
Nicholas Vincent
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
348
Publisher
British Academy
ISBN #
0197261302
EAN Code
9780197261309
ISBN #
9
Magna Carta is arguably the most famous document in the world. Although it’s unclear how many versions survive, more than thirty documents claim to be “originals” of the “Great Charter.” Can this be? How many surviving Magna Cartas are there, and in which archives can they be seen? What are the impo...
Author
Nicholas Vincent
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
ISBN #
1851243631
EAN Code
9781851243631
ISBN #
6
Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers and men of letters of his time, besides ambassadors from all over Europe. Yet his is a reign of parad...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
422
Publisher
Boydell Press
ISBN #
1843833409
EAN Code
9781843833406
ISBN #
8
This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the thirteenth-century Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of ...
Author
Nicholas Vincent
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
566
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN #
0521552540
EAN Code
9780521552547
ISBN #
7
The Magna Carta is arguably the greatest constitutional document in recorded history, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction, which includes a full English translation of the 1215 Magna Carta, introduces the document to a modern audience, exp...
Author
Nicholas Vincent
Binding
Paperback
Pages
144
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0199582874
EAN Code
9780199582877
ISBN #
3
Eight hundred years ago King John of England was forced to seal a document of historic importance. As the first charter to grant individual liberties under the rule of law, protecting the people against tyranny, Magna Carta is the most influential and far-reaching legal text the world has ever know...
Author
Nicholas Vincent, Anthony Musson, Justin Champion, Joyce Lee Malcolm, Miles Taylor, Richard Goldstone
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
195
Publisher
Third Millenium Pub Ltd
ISBN #
1908990287
EAN Code
9781908990280
ISBN #
2
From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born.When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England’s language, culture, politics and law were transformed. Over the next four hundred years,...
Author
Nicholas Vincent
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
352
Publisher
Robinson
ISBN #
1
Author
Nicholas Vincent
ISBN #
0521026601
Author
Nicholas Vincent
ISBN #
0521522153
Author
Nicholas Vincent
ISBN #
0521552540
Author
Nicholas Vincent
ISBN #
0521571286