Stephen

by Carl Watkins

Known as 'the anarchy', the reign of Stephen (1135-1141) saw England plunged into a civil war that illuminated the fatal flaw in the powerful Norman monarchy, that without clear rules ordering succession, conflict between members of William the Conqueror's family were inevitable. But there was another problem, too: Stephen himself.

With the nobility of England and Normandy anxious about the prospect of a world without the tough love of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141989874
• ISBN13: 9780141989877
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 7.1"