Richard II, Paperback by Abbott, Jacob, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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Richard II, Paperback by Abbott, Jacob, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US. This book delves into the real Richard II’s personality, upbringing and actions, and provides a satisfying understanding of this tumultuous period of English 's Predecessors Quarrels The Black Prince The Battle of Poitiers Childhood of Richard Accession to the Throne The Coronation Chivalry Wat Tyler's Insurrection The End of the Insurrection Good Queen Anne Incidents of the Reign The Little Queen Richard's Deposition and Death. Richard II, Paperback by Abbott, Jacob, ISBN 149485712X, ISBN-13 9781494857127, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The story of King Richard II of England (1367–1400, reigned 1377 to 1399), as told by master storyteller Jacob Abbott. A son of the famous Edward, the Black Prince, he came to the throne at just ten years of age. During his first years as king, government was in the hands of a series of councils whose leading member was his uncle, John of first major event of the young king’s rule was the suppression of Wat Tyler’s Peasants' Revolt of , courtiers prevented the young king from fully exercising power, and by 1387, government of the realm had been taken over by a council known as the Lords Appellant. By 1397, Richard had overthrown this council as well, but had acquired numerous internal 1399, one of these enemies, the exiled son of John of Gaunt, Henry of Bolingbroke, invaded England and seized the throne, imprisoning the hapless Richard II who was murdered a year later. Richard's posthumous commonly-held reputation has largely been shaped by Shakespeare, whose play Richard II portrayed Richard as a scoundrel whose overthrow by Bolingbroke was responsible for the later Wars of the Roses. This book delves into the real Richard II’s personality, upbringing and actions, and provides a satisfying understanding of this tumultuous period of English 's Predecessors Quarrels The Black Prince The Battle of Poitiers Childhood of Richard Accession to the Throne The Coronation Chivalry Wat Tyler's Insurrection The End of the Insurrection Good Queen Anne Incidents of the Reign The Little Queen Richard's Deposition and Death
