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Henry IV /

0300154208

9780300154207

0300154194

9780300154191

Henry IV /

[Book]

Chris Given-Wilson.

New Haven :

Yale University Press,

[2016]

1 online resource (xiv, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)

The English Monarchs Series

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Great Duchy 1267-1399 -- A King at War 1399-1405 -- Recovery and Reform 1404-1410 -- Lancastrian Kingship -- The Pendulum Years 1409-1413.

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Henry IV (1399-1413), the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, seized the English throne at the age of thirty-two from his cousin Richard II and held it until his death, aged forty-five, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry V. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful place a king often overlooked in favor of his illustrious progeny. Henry faced the usual problems of usurpers: foreign wars, rebellions, and plots, as well as the ambitions and demands of the Lancastrian retainers who had helped him win the throne. By 1406 his rule was broadly established, and although he became ill shortly after this and never fully recovered, he retained ultimate power until his death. Using a wide variety of previously untapped archival materials, Chris Given-Wilson reveals a cultured, extravagant, and skeptical monarch who crushed opposition ruthlessly but never quite succeeded in satisfying the expectations of his own supporters.

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Henry IV

9780300154191

Henry, IV,1367-1413.

Henry, IV,1367-1413.

HISTORY-- Europe-- Great Britain.

Kings and rulers.

Great Britain, History, Henry IV, 1399-1413.

Great Britain, Kings and rulers, Biography.

Great Britain.

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