An alternative history of Britain : Normans and early Plantagenets / Timothy Venning.
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TextPublisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 234 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781783462711 (hbk.); 178346271X (hbk.)Other title: Normans and early PlantagenetsSubject(s): Imaginary histories | Normans -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687 | Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399DDC classification: 942.02 LOC classification: DA195 | .V36 2014Summary: BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY: C 500 TO C 1000. Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the scenarios are all highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context. In so doing, Timothy Venning gives the reader a clearer understanding of the factors at play and why things happened the way they did, as well as a tantalizing view of what might so easily have been different. Key scenarios discussed in this volume include: The civil war of 1136-53, how either Stephen or Matilda might have won quick and decisive victory and the likely consequences.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY: C 500 TO C 1000. Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the scenarios are all highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context. In so doing, Timothy Venning gives the reader a clearer understanding of the factors at play and why things happened the way they did, as well as a tantalizing view of what might so easily have been different. Key scenarios discussed in this volume include: The civil war of 1136-53, how either Stephen or Matilda might have won quick and decisive victory and the likely consequences.
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