Peter Des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205 1238

by Nicholas Vincent

Book Overview

This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of his fellow aliens are fundamental to an understanding of the process by which England and France developed as two separate kingdoms. As a politician, des Roches cast a shadow...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521552540
• ISBN13: 9780521552547
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 566 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"