A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

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AuthorBarbara W. Tuchman
PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
Bindinghardcover
PublishedOctober 26, 1978
EditionFirst Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages720
ISBN-100394400267
ISBN-139780394400266
Weight1.8 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L		 2.1 in × 5.6 in × 8.3 in

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

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Examines The History Of Fourteenthcentury Europe As Background To The Life Of Enguerrand De Coucy Vii, One Of The Most Prominent French Knights Of That Time. I Am The Sire De Coucy: The Dynasty -- Born To Woe: The Century -- Youth And Chivalry -- War -- This Is The End Of The World: The Black Death -- The Battle Of Poitiers -- Decapitated France: The Bourgeois Rising And The Jacquerie -- Hostage In England -- Enguerrand And Isabella --...

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Examines The History Of Fourteenthcentury Europe As Background To The Life Of Enguerrand De Coucy Vii, One Of The Most Prominent French Knights Of That Time. I Am The Sire De Coucy: The Dynasty -- Born To Woe: The Century -- Youth And Chivalry -- War -- This Is The End Of The World: The Black Death -- The Battle Of Poitiers -- Decapitated France: The Bourgeois Rising And The Jacquerie -- Hostage In England -- Enguerrand And Isabella -- Sons Of Iniquity -- The Gilded Shroud -- Double Allegiance -- Coucy's War -- England's Turmoil -- The Emperor In Paris -- The Papal Schism -- Coucy's Rise -- The Worms Of The Earth Against The Lions -- The Lure Of Italy -- A Second Norman Conquest -- The Fiction Cracks -- The Siege Of Barbary -- In A Dark Wood -- Danse Macabre -- Lost Opportunity -- Nicopolis -- Hung Be The Heavens With Black. Barbara W. Tuchman. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [599]-617.


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