{"product_id":"a-great-and-terrible-king-edward-i-and-the-forging-of-britain-1681771330","title":"A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1681771330\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Morris, Marc\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale.Edward I is familiar to millions as \"Longshanks,\" conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (in \"Braveheart\"). Yet that story forms only the final chapter of the king's action-packed life. Earlier, Edward had defeated and killed Simon de Montfort in battle; traveled to the Holy Land; conquered Wales, extinguishing its native rulers and constructing a magnificent chain of castles. He raised the greatest armies of the Middle Ages and summoned the largest parliaments; notoriously, he expelled all the Jews from his kingdom. The longest-lived of England's medieval kings, Edward fathered fifteen children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile and, after her death, erected the Eleanor Crosses-the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch.In this book, Marc Morris examines afresh the forces that drove Edward throughout his relentless career: his character, his Christian faith, and his sense of England's destiny-a sense shaped largely by the tales of the legendary King Arthur. Morris also explores the competing reasons that led Edward's opponents (including Robert Bruce) to resist him.The result is a sweeping story, immaculately researched yet compellingly told, and a vivid picture of medieval Britain at the moment when its future was decided.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51960026267936,"sku":"NEW1681771330","price":21.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-great-and-terrible-king-edward-i-and-the-forging-of-britain-1681771330","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}