Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine
a biography of the Black Prince
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Publication
1978 - Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Language
English
Word Count
74,500 words, Guess
Page Count
298 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveedwardprinceofwa0000barb
- ISBN-100851151450
- ISBN-139780851151458
- Goodreads1962482
- LibraryThing941997
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- Library of Congress Control Number78326561
- OCLC Control Number19824051
- Better World Books9780851151458
- Open LibraryOL14249141M
Classifications
- LCCDA234 B37 1978a
- LCCDA234 .B37 1978
Description
To attempt to write a biography of Edward 'the Black Prince', a legendary paragon of chivalry, without turning first to the chronicler of chivalry par excellence, Jean Froissart, may seem self-defeating, particularly as there is so little light to be shed on the prince's character from other sources. But the classic stories of the school textbooks and romantic histories have held sway for too long without being challenged, and I have therefore tried to work outwards from accounts and 'official' chronicles to arrive at an account of Edward, prince of Wales and Aquitaine, and in particular of the group of men who were his companions-in-arms. Space and time have not allowed me to do as much work on the latter as I would have wished, but I hope that I have been able to show both the prince and his father as part of a close-knit, brilliant group of knights rather than as isolated figures, and to capture something of the prince's life as a great baron and as an almost sovereign ruler in Aquitaine. - Preface.
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