About this Event
Caroline and Richard use the six Plantagenet kings who ruled during these two centuries to explore England’s emergent statehood. Their talk will draw on original accounts and arresting new research, resonances between government, international relations, and the abilities, egos and ambitions of political actors, then and now. Colourful and complicated, and by turns impressive and hateful, the six kings stride through the story; but arguably the greatest character is the emerging English state itself.
Dr Caroline Burt is a medieval historian and college lecturer at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Richard Partington is Senior Tutor at St. John's College, Cambridge. Arise, England is their first trade publication.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Heffers Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00