The Reign of King John
Sidney Painter. The John Hopkins Press, MD, 1949. G: Ex-library with all internal & external markings Boards, gutters, corners, and spine ends worn & fraying Notes throughout No DJ DJ synopsis glued to title page
Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivals—the barons and the church—made his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history
Sidney Painter. The John Hopkins Press, MD, 1949. G: Ex-library with all internal & external markings Boards, gutters, corners, and spine ends worn & fraying Notes throughout No DJ DJ synopsis glued to title page
Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivals—the barons and the church—made his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history
Sidney Painter. The John Hopkins Press, MD, 1949. G: Ex-library with all internal & external markings Boards, gutters, corners, and spine ends worn & fraying Notes throughout No DJ DJ synopsis glued to title page
Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivals—the barons and the church—made his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history