William Rufus 9780300147711
William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England’s king for only 13 yea
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English Pages 512 [510] Year 2008
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword to the Yale Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the First Paperback Edition
Abbreviated References
Chapter 1. Background and Youth
Chapter 2. The Kingdom Obtained (1087–1088)
Chapter 3. The Bachelor King and His Domestic Servants
Chapter 4. The Nobility and Higher Clergy and the Royal Government
Chapter 5. The Sinews of War
Chapter 6. The Three Brothers (1088–1095)
Chapter 7. The Conquering Hero (1094–1100)
Chapter 8. Death in the Afternoon (1100)
Epilogue
Appendices
The Royal Itinerary
Select Bibliography
Genealogical Tables
Index
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Also in the Yale English Monarchs Series
ATHELSTAN by Sarah Foot EDWARD THE CONFESSOR by Frank Barlow WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR by David Douglas* WILLIAM RUFUS by Frank Barlow HENRY I by Warren Hollister KING STEPHEN by Edmund King HENRY II by W. L. Warren* RICHARD I by John Gillingham KING JOHN by W. L. Warren* EDWARD I by Michael Prestwich EDWARD II by Seymour Phillips RICHARD II by Nigel Saul HENRY V by Christopher Allmand HENRY VI by Bertram Wolffe EDWARD IV by Charles Ross RICHARD III by Charles Ross HENRY VII by S. B. Chrimes HENRY VIII by J. J. Scarisbrick EDWARD VI by Jennifer Loach MARY I by John Edwards JAMES II by John Miller QUEEN ANNE by Edward Gregg GEORGE I by Ragnhild Hatton GEORGE II by Andrew C. Thompson GEORGE III by Jeremy Black GEORGE IV by E. A. Smith
* Available in the U.S. from University of California Press