Kings in the North : the House of Percy in British history

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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."--Jacket.

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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."--Jacket.

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Machine generated contents note: i. The First Northerner -- 2. When Christ and his Saints Slept -- 3. The End of the Line? -- 4. Sir Richard Percy, the Northerners and Magna Carta -- 5. Sir Henry Percy and the Barons' War -- 6. Great Captain -- 7. The Border Baron -- 8. Henry Percy IV and the Outbreak of Peace -- 9. Henry Percy IV and the Conquest of Scotland -- 10. The Closing Years of Henry Percy -- 11. Adventures Abroad -- 12. Inexorable Ascent -- 13. The Fall of the Percys, I 377-1408 -- 14. A Good and Faithful Servant -- 15. A Safe Pair of Hands -- 16. Mutual Assured Destruction -- 17. Recovery and Disaster -- 18. Bird in the Bosom -- 19. Percy Restored -- 20. Kings in the North -- 21. The Rise and Fall of the North -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.