Name: Kings of the North
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The House of Percy resounds throughout Shakespeare’s history plays, the Wars of the Roses and the centuries-long Anglo-Scottish Wars. In the Middle Ages, the earls of Northumberland were famed, or notorious, as the Kings in the North, a region they ran almost as an hereditary domain. Alexander Rose traces the history of this ancient and sometimes haughty dynasty from the moment William de Percy stepped into England alongside William the Conqueror to the waning of the medieval era after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
The book considers the family within its broader context of British history – too often regarded as purely ‘Southern English’ history – and offers the reader the grand sweep of Anglo-Scottish history from the perspective of individuals. The clash between king and nobles over Magna Carta, for example, is seen from the view of Sir Richard Percy, one of its 25 signatories, who consistently rebelled against King John. Likewise, the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses is traced to the bitter and murderous rivalry between the Percys and another rising Northern dynasty, the implacable Nevilles, which included Warwick the Kingmaker. The Percy’s role in the English wars against Braveheart’s Scotland and its aftermath, as well as the Hundred Years War, features prominently.

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Manufacturer	Orion Pub Co	Author	Rose, Alexander
Brand	Orion Pub Co	NumberOfItems	1
Item Weight	2.22 Pounds	ItemDimensions	5.75 x 1.75 x 9.5Inches
binding	Hardcover	Amazon Category	Books » History » European History
ISBN	0297818600	EAN	9780297818601

Weight	2.22 lbs

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