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02194aam a22003373i 4500 001 EA2FF368C93011E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 170306s2018 nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1510719881 020 $a 9781510719880 035 $a (OCoLC)974699698 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDX $d HRF $d BDX $d CO2 $d UIB $d SILO 082 14 $a 940.192 100 1 $a West, Ed, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a England in the age of chivalry... and awful diseases : $b the Hundred Years War and Black Death / $c Ed West. 264 1 $a New York : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c 2018. 300 $a xi, 170 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-160). 505 0 $a Long live the King -- The Round Table -- Braveheart -- Famine -- War -- Crecy -- Plague -- The Black Prince -- The Peasants' revolt -- Schism -- This other Eden -- Sad stories of the death of kings. 520 $a A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England's medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering. Covering the violent and disease-ridden period between 1272 to 1399, England in the Age of Chivalry. . . And Awful Diseases covers the events, personages and ideas most commonly known as "medieval". This includes Geoffrey Chaucer, the Peasants revolt, the Scottish wars of independence, the Great Famine of 1315, the Black Death and the Hundred Years War. Central to this time is King Edward III, who started the Hundred Years War and defined the concept of chivalry, including England's Order of the Garter. His legacy continues to shape our view of England's history and is crucial in understanding the development of Europe. 600 00 $a Edward $b III, $c King of England, $d 1312-1377. 650 0 $a Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453. 650 0 $a Black Death. 651 0 $a England $x Social life and customs $y 1066-1485. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y 14th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Medieval period, 1066-1485. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006113335.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA2FF368C93011E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search