{"product_id":"the-earl-the-kings-and-the-chronicler-robert-earl-of-gloucester-and-the-reigns-of-henry-i-and-stephen-9780198797814","title":"The Earl, the Kings, and the Chronicler: Robert Earl of Gloucester and the Reigns of Henry I and Stephen","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Earl, The Kings, And The Chronicler\u003c\/em\u003e is the first full length biography of Robert (c.1088-1147), grandson of William the Conqueror and eldest son of King Henry I of England (1100-35), who could not succeed his father because he was a bastard. Instead, as the earl of Gloucester, he helped\u003cbr\u003echange the course of English history by keeping alive the prospects for an Angevin succession through his leadership of its supporters against his father's successor, King Stephen (1135-54) in the civil war known as the Anarchy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert of Gloucester is one of the great figures of Anglo-Norman history (1066-1154). He occupies important niches in the era's literature, from comprehensive political studies of Henry I's and Stephen's reigns and an array of specialized fields to the 'Brother Cadfael' novels of Ellis Peters.\u003cbr\u003eGloucester was one of only three landed super-magnates of his day, a model post-Conquest great baron, Marcher lord, borough developer, and patron of the rising merchant class. His trans-Channel barony stretched from western Lower Normandy across England to south Wales. Robert was both a product\u003cbr\u003eand a significant agent of the contemporary cultural revival known as the Renaissance of the Twelfth Century, being bi-lingual, well educated, and a significant literary patron. In this last role he is especially notable for commissioning the greatest English historian since Bede, William of\u003cbr\u003eMalmesbury, to produce a history of their times which justified the empress Matilda's claim to the English throne and Earl Robert's support of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert B. Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198797814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert B. Patterson, \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Professor Emeritus of History, The University of South Carolina\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert B. Patterson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at The University of South Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40042124345459,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":99.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_25ae4774-7e8f-4d67-b466-e4b2386e7e17.jpg?v=1651014352","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-earl-the-kings-and-the-chronicler-robert-earl-of-gloucester-and-the-reigns-of-henry-i-and-stephen-9780198797814","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}