The History Press, 2018. — 416 p. Henry III (1207-72) reigned for 56 years, the longest-serving English monarch until the modern era. Although knighted by William Marshal, he was no warrior king like his uncle Richard the Lionheart. He preferred to feed the poor to making war and would rather spend time with his wife and children than dally with mistresses and lord over round...
University of California Press, 1990. — 512 p. When King John died in October 1216, Henry, his eldest son, was only nine years old. It was not until January 1227 that he assumed full regal powers. Thus England experienced its first royal minority since the Norman Conquest. The early part of Henry III's minority was a period of acute political crisis. The throne itself had to be...
Yale University Press, 2020. — 576 p. — (The Yale English Monarchs Series). Nine years of age when he came to the throne in 1216, Henry III had to rule within the limits set by the establishment of Magna Carta and the emergence of parliament. Pacific, conciliatory, and deeply religious, Henry brought many years of peace to England and rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honor of his...
Yale University Press, 2020. — 576 p. — (The Yale English Monarchs Series). Nine years of age when he came to the throne in 1216, Henry III had to rule within the limits set by the establishment of Magna Carta and the emergence of parliament. Pacific, conciliatory, and deeply religious, Henry brought many years of peace to England and rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honor of his...
Yale University Press, 2020. — 576 p. — (The Yale English Monarchs Series). The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III’s rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king’s death in 1272 After coming to the throne aged just nine, Henry III spent much of his reign peaceably. Conciliatory and deeply religious, he created a magnificent court, rebuilt...
Yale University Press, 2020. — 576 p. — (The Yale English Monarchs Series). The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III’s rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king’s death in 1272 After coming to the throne aged just nine, Henry III spent much of his reign peaceably. Conciliatory and deeply religious, he created a magnificent court, rebuilt...
Allen Lane, 2017. — 128 p. — (Penguin Monarchs). Henry III was a medieval king (ruled in 1216-1272) whose long reign continues to have a profound impact on us today. He was on the throne for 56 years and during this time England was transformed from being the private play-thing of a French speaking dynasty into a medieval state in which the king answered for his actions to an...
Amberley Publishing, 2016. — 304 p. Henry III became King of England within days of his ninth birthday. His father, King John, had overseen a disastrous period in English history and the boy king inherited a country embroiled in a bitter, entrenched war with itself. With barons inviting a French prince to take the crown, the young Henry was forced to rely on others to maintain...
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