The Magnificent Century

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"Written by a man who combines a love of his subject matter with an understanding of the all-too-often overlooked fact that history - accurate, factual history $s _ is the most fascinating tale of all. Above all, he has a • jji unique and surpassing ability to write a good story. " ^ The second volume of Thomas Costain's panoramic story of England covers the long, turbulent reign of Henry III, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, sometimes hated; considered unreliable and inconsistent, yet at his death men spoke of him as the Good Old King. He outiived all the great men of his time, except for the first great scientist and man of learning, Roger Bacon. Simon de Montfort, a tireless crusader for the rights of the common man, who had set up the first Great Parliament in Westminster Hall, had been hacked to death on the battlefield of Evesham; Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, who had led the struggle for Magna Charta, died believing that a... Tovább

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"Written by a man who combines a love of his subject matter with an understanding of the all-too-often overlooked fact that history - accurate, factual history $s _ is the most fascinating tale of all. Above all, he has a • jji unique and surpassing ability to write a good story. " ^ The second volume of Thomas Costain's panoramic story of England covers the long, turbulent reign of Henry III, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, sometimes hated; considered unreliable and inconsistent, yet at his death men spoke of him as the Good Old King. He outiived all the great men of his time, except for the first great scientist and man of learning, Roger Bacon. Simon de Montfort, a tireless crusader for the rights of the common man, who had set up the first Great Parliament in Westminster Hall, had been hacked to death on the battlefield of Evesham; Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, who had led the struggle for Magna Charta, died believing that a new age was dawning; Róbert Grosseteste, scholar and churchman, who had taught his pupils the first glimmerings of scientific truth, was dead too. Men like these had made the long years of Henry IIFs reign into a vitai period of spectacular advance in the arts, sciences and theology as well as in the art of government Despite wars and upheavals, this was THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY. Vissza