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SUMMARY: King for 50 years (1327-77), Edward III - like Elizabeth and Victoria after him - embodied the values of his age. He re-made England and forged a nation out of war. SUMMARY: King for fifty years (132777), Edward III changed the face of England. He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his fathers throne; he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries, Edward III was celebrated as the most brilliant king England had ever had. In this first full study of the man, Ian Mortimer shows how Edward personally provided the impetus for much of the drama of his reign. Edward overcame the tyranny of his guardians at the age of seventeen and then set about developing a new form of awe-inspiring chivalric kingship. Under him the feudal kingdom of England became a highly organized, sophisticated nation, capable of raising large revenues and, without question, the most important military nation in Europe. Yet under his rule England also experienced its longest period of domestic peace in the Middle Ages, giving rise to a massive increase in the nations wealth through the wool trade, with huge co

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Author

Mortimer, Ian

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

2008

Language

EN

Category

history

Subjects

History, European History, Humanities

Rating

4.3 / 5 (1,075 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14