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Hundred Years War Vol 4: Cursed Kings (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe to suffering a complete internal collapse... Læs mere
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Hundred Years War Vol 2: Trial By Fire (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the king.
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The Albigensian Crusade (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit,... Læs mere
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Hundred Years War Vol 1: Trial by Battle (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
'Compulsively readable' (History), this is the first volume in a series that details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history.
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Edward III (Penguin Monarchs): A Heroic Failure (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Judges are meant to interpret laws but, increasingly, they make them.
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Hundred Years War Vol 3: Divided Houses (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Contemporaries in both countries believed that they were living through memorable times: times of great wickedness and great achievement, of collective mediocrity but intense personal heroism, of extremes of wealth and poverty, fortune and failure.
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Law in a Time of Crisis (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An essential examination of the hinterland between the law and politics, judges and politicians.
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The Hundred Years War Vol 5: Triumph and Illusion (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed... Læs mere
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The Challenges of Democracy: And the Rule of Law (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A provocative series of essays from the former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times-bestselling author
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