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"Conflict between England and France was a fact of life for centuries, but few realize that its origins date from the time of the Vikings, when a Norse chieftain named Rollo established himself and his progeny in Normandy. In this compelling and entertaining history, Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to those dark and turbulent times when Rollo's descendants, the dukes of Normandy, asserted their dominance over the weak French monarchy--a dominance that became especially threatening after Duke William conquered England in 1066, giving him a royal crown"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an overview of life in Great Britain from the time of the Magnga Carta through the Black Death plague.

Discusses the history of the Wars of the Roses.

An epic history of the Plantagenet royal dynasty traces its first king's inheritance of a violence-stricken realm through the family's growth of a powerful empire that stretched from Scotland to Jerusalem.

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this history, Jones resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world.

On t.p.: The turbulent history of medieval England and the Plantagenet kings (1216-1377). ..

History of the kings of England from the signing of the Magna Carta to the time of the black death taken from contemporary accounts such as the Barnwell chronicle, the chronicle of Thomas Wykes, the chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, the Lanercost chronicle, Choricon Gaslfridi le Baker de Swyndbroke, and others.

History of the kings of England from the signing of the Magna Carta to the time of the black death taken from contemporary accounts such as the Barnwell chronicle, the chronicle of Thomas Wykes, the chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, the Lanercost chronicle, Choricon Gaslfridi le Baker de Swyndbroke, and others.