Une vision totalement inédite des croisades : aussi palpitant et addictif qu'une série !1095. L'empereur de Byzance demande l'aide militaire des chrétiens d'Occident afin de restaurer sa puissance menacée par les musulmans. Le pape Urbain II, saisissant l'occasion, exhorte ses fidèles à délivrer la Terre sainte de l'emprise islamique. Les volontaires sont légion, d'autant que l'absolution des péchés leur est promise. Si la première croisade, qui s'achève par la prise de Jérusalem, est vécue comme un succès par les chrétiens, les musulmans y voient, eux, une terrible humiliation. Dès lors, Europe et Proche-Orient s'enlisent dans une guerre sans fin, aux répercussions encore tangibles aujourd'hui.
Pour la première fois, un historien nous donne un récit totalement incarné des croisades. Dan Jones s'intéresse en effet ici d'abord et avant tout aux individus, qu'ils soient chrétiens, juifs, musulmans, hommes ou femmes, célèbres ou anonymes. Doué d'un sens de l'intrigue digne des plus grands romanciers, il nous fait entrer dans leur intimité et nous offre ainsi un tableau passionnant et inédit de l'époque. C'est
littéralement une autre façon d'écrire, de lire... et de vivre l'Histoire.
« Le Prince était ivre »... Ainsi commence l'histoire des Plantagenêts, cette famille hors-norme qui a fait les riches heures de notre Moyen Âge. Le premier du nom est angevin, mais qui s'en souvient encore trois siècles après ? Leur célébrité a dépassé les frontières de l'Anjou et la dynastie est entrée dans la grande histoire de l'Europe. C'est une famille au caractère trempé, marquée à ses débuts par l'un des hommes les plus puissants du xiie siècle : Henri II Plantagenêt. Outre l'Angleterre et la Normandie dont il est déjà détenteur, il est devenu, en épousant Aliénor d'Aquitaine, le maître de la moitié de la France. Un vassal plus puissant que son roi, un vassal encombrant... Dans cette histoire épique, où les traîtres et les ambitieux ne semblent jamais trouver le sommeil, Dan Jones fait revivre sous nos yeux ces rois et reines aux prises avec le pouvoir. Inoubliable, Aliénor, deux fois reine, célèbre dans toute la chrétienté, joue sa partition jusqu'à ses derniers instants - elle meurt à 80 ans. De ses nombreux enfants, on se souvient de Richard Coeur de Lion, qui affronta Saladin lors de la troisième croisade et ne cessa de guerroyer contre son propre père. Célèbre aussi mais sans gloire pourtant, son frère Jean sans Terre... Inlassables combattants, ils ont à leur palmarès les grandes batailles de ce temps : Bouvines, qui scelle la fin de la prédominance seigneuriale, Crécy, l'Écluse, la première grande victoire navale anglaise. Avant les Tudors, les Plantagenêts ont façonné l'histoire anglaise et pourtant leur attachement à la France restera fort et singulier. Pour l'éternité, les fondateurs reposent à l'abbaye de Fontevraud...
Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian. 'Summer of Blood' breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June 1381.
Breathing life into one of British history's most colourful yet under-explored episodes, Dan Jones recreates the dangerous world of the fourteenth century: a time when pain, squalor, misery and disease formed the fabric of daily life. Yet this was also an era of humanity, charity and social responsibility, one which people genuinely believed could be made better. Jones shows how this world was both profoundly different and remarkably similar to our own. The Peasants' Revolt of the summer of 1381, led by the mysterious Wat Tyler and the visionary preacher John Ball, was one of the bloodiest events in British history. To finance an unyielding war with France, a reckless and oppressive tax was imposed upon the English lower orders. Ravaged by war, plague and tyranny, England's villagers rose against their masters for the first time in history. Initial resistance in the Essex village of Brentwood swiftly inspired the desire for revenge in other communities. The outcome of their brave and tragic rising changed England forever.
At the heart of the story is a fateful collision of servant and master, as the rural general Wat Tyler pitted his wits and ragtag army against the 14-year-old King Richard II and his advisors, all of whom risked their property, their positions and their lives in the desperate battle to save the English crown from destruction.
'Summer of Blood' is the first full popular account in a century of one of the most famous rebellions in history.
"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Fraser
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to be.
The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles--even its language--can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document and how did it gain such legendary status?
Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion, King John reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a document that would change the course of history. At the time of its creation the Magna Carta was just a peace treaty drafted by a group of rebel barons who were tired of the king's high taxes, arbitrary justice, and endless foreign wars. The fragile peace it established would last only two months, but its principles have reverberated over the centuries.
Jones's riveting narrative follows the story of the Magna Carta's creation, its failure, and the war that subsequently engulfed England, and charts the high points in its unexpected afterlife. Reissued by King John's successors it protected the Church, banned unlawful imprisonment, and set limits to the exercise of royal power. It established the principle that taxation must be tied to representation and paved the way for the creation of Parliament.
In 1776 American patriots, inspired by that long-ago defiance, dared to pick up arms against another English king and to demand even more far-reaching rights. We think of the Declaration of Independence as our founding document but those who drafted it had their eye on the Magna Carta.
From the Hardcover edition.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets and a top authority on the historical events that inspired Game of Thrones, a vivid, blood-soaked account of one of the most famous rebellions in history--the first mass uprising by the people of England against their feudal masters
In the summer of 1381, ravaged by poverty and oppressed by taxes, the people of England rose up and demanded that their voices be heard. A ragtag army, led by the mysterious Wat Tyler and the visionary preacher John Ball, rose up against the fourteen-year-old Richard II and his most powerful lords and knights, who risked their property and their lives in a desperate battle to save the English crown. Dan Jones brings this incendiary moment to life and captures both the idealism and brutality of that fateful summer, when a brave group of men and women dared to challenge their overlords, demand that they be treated equally, and fight for freedom.
Praise for Summer of Blood:
“Hot, brave and reeking with gore.” --The Times (London)
“Sound scholarship and sexy writing make this . . . essential reading.” --The Independent (London), Book of the Year
Praise for The Plantagenets:
“A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw.” --The Wall Street Journal
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Fulfilling the void with a Hematopathology book that integrates clinical and experimental studies with diagnostic criteria, Neoplastic Hematopathology: Experimental and Clinical Approaches provides an overview of the discipline of hematopathology that connects the field with recent advances in immunology research and current clinical practice in the treatment of lymphomas and leukemias. Designed for both trainees and specialists in pathology and hematology-oncology, Neoplastic Hematopathology: Experimental and Clinical Approaches has separate sections on laboratory techniques, diagnostic hematopathology, treatment and stem cell transplantation. Expert chapter authors address both myeloid and lymphoid tumors, and provide much needed coverage in transplant biology. A study guide highlights key chapter points, making the text suitable for boards review in hematopathology and hematology-oncology.
An instant bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is “a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger" – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem
A faltering war in the middle east. A band of elite warriors determined to fight to the death to protect Christianity’s holiest sites. A global financial network unaccountable to any government. A sinister plot founded on a web of lies.
Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade decides to set up a new order. These are the first Knights Templar, a band of elite warriors prepared to give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Over the next two hundred years, the Templars would become the most powerful religious order of the medieval world. Their legend has inspired fervent speculation ever since.
In this groundbreaking narrative history, Dan Jones tells the true story of the Templars for the first time in a generation, drawing on extensive original sources to build a gripping account of these Christian holy warriors whose heroism and alleged depravity have been shrouded in myth. The Templars were protected by the pope and sworn to strict vows of celibacy. They fought the forces of Islam in hand-to-hand combat on the sun-baked hills where Jesus lived and died, finding their nemesis in Saladin, who vowed to drive all Christians from the lands of Islam. Experts at channeling money across borders, they established the medieval world’s banking network and waged private wars against anyone who threatened their interests.
A vindictive King of France set his sights on their fortune. He instructed his lawyers to mount a damning case against them, built on deliberate lies and false testimony. Then on Friday October 13, 1307, hundreds of brothers were arrested, imprisoned and tortured, and the order was disbanded amid lurid accusations of sexual misconduct and heresy. They were tried by the Pope in secret proceedings and publicly humiliated. But were they heretics or victims of a ruthlessly repressive state? Dan Jones goes back to the sources tobring their dramatic tale, so relevant to our own times, in a book that is at once authoritative and compulsively readable.
En rendant son éclat à un monde délavé, La Couleur du temps offre une nouvelle histoire du monde totalement inédite avec 200 photographies colorisées prises entre 1850 et 1960.
Et l'Histoire reprend vie... C'est un récit continu qui nous emmène de la guerre de Crimée à la guerre froide, de l'âge de la vapeur à la conquête spatiale, de l'ère des empires à celle des superpuissances. C'est une scène où dansent titans et tyrans, meurtriers et martyrs, inventeurs et futurs destructeurs de monde, où hommes et femmes retrouvent leur place.
Le lecteur est saisi : les clichés qu'il croyait connaître acquièrent une dimension tout autre, presque troublante. Ceux qu'il découvre bouleversent sa vision et altèrent son regard sur les grands événements des cent années ayant présidé au monde qui est le nôtre. Les couleurs nuancées, variées, riches d'une gamme infinie de teintes soigneusement choisies infléchissent les portraits, les photos de foules, de guerres, de désastres, de libérations et de célébrations...
The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of Britain's greatest and worst dynasty-''a real-life Game of Thrones' (The Wall Street Journal)
The first Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-soaked realm from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic narrative history of courage, treachery, ambition, and deception, Dan Jones resurrects the unruly royal dynasty that preceded the Tudors. They produced England's best and worst kings: Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice a queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; their son Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and his conniving brother King John, who was forced to grant his people new rights under the Magna Carta, the basis for our own bill of rights. Combining the latest academic research with a gift for storytelling, Jones vividly recreates the great battles of Bannockburn, Crécy, and Sluys and reveals how the maligned kings Edward II and Richard II met their downfalls. This is the era of chivalry and the Black Death, the Knights Templar, the founding of parliament, and the Hundred Years' War, when England's national identity was forged by the sword.
'The Hollow Crown is exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Jones's material is thrilling . . . There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skilful piece of storytelling.' Sunday TelegraphThe fifteenth century saw the crown of England change hands seven times as the great families of England fought to the death for power, majesty and the right to rule. The Hollow Crown completes Dan Jones' epic history of medieval England, and describes how the Plantagenets tore themselves apart to be finally replaced by the Tudors.Some of the greatest heroes and villains in British history were thrown together in these turbulent times: Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt and prudent rule at home marked the high point of the medieval monarchy; Edward IV, who was handed his crown by the scheming soldier Warwick the Kingmaker, before their alliance collapsed into a fight to the death; and the last Plantagenet, Richard III, who stole the throne and murdered his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower. Finally, the Tudors arrived - but even their rule was only made certain in the 1520s, when Henry VIII ruthlessly hunted down his family's last remaining enemies.In the midst this tumult, chivalry was reborn, the printing press arrived and the Renaissance began to flourish. With vivid descriptions of the battle of Towton, where 28,000 men died in a single morning, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, at which Richard III was hacked down, this is the real story behind Shakespeare's famous history plays.
Help students navigate key concepts and philosophical arguments and develop their own points of view with our clear, engaging AS Philosophy textbook, written for the new AQA AS Philosophy specificationWritten by the authors of Philosophy in Focus, this book covers both units, Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion, and supports students in understanding difficult material through a clear style and visual examples of concepts and ideas.
- Encourages students to engage with the anthology texts with clear prompts to read the relevant extracts, helpfully provided at the back of the book for ease of teaching and studying
- Cements knowledge and understanding of key philosophical ideas through varied activities
- Develops analytical skills and students' own philosophical viewpoints through practical tasks
- Stretches students with clearly signposted extension materialContents
Introduction
Introduction to Descartes' Meditations
Section 1: Epistemology
Section 2: Philosophy of Religion
Section 3: Preparing for the exam
3.1 How to approach the exam
3.2 How to read philosophy
Section 4: Anthology extracts
Glossary
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets chronicles the next chapter in British history-'the historical backdrop for Game of Thrones
The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors.
Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc to Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, and Richard III, who murdered his own nephews in a desperate bid to secure his stolen crown. This was a period when headstrong queens and consorts seized power and bent men to their will. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dramatic narrative history revels in bedlam and intrigue. It also offers a long-overdue corrective to Tudor propaganda, dismantling their self-serving account of what they called the Wars of the Roses.
Motivate students to think philosophically with this accessible and imaginative guide for the latest specification, brought to you by the market-leading A-level publisher.Written by the authors of our bestselling AQA AS Philosophy textbook, this title covers both A2 units, Ethics and Philosophy of Mind, using the same clear style and modern examples throughout.- Cements knowledge and understanding of complex philosophical concepts through detailed coverage of key topics, student-friendly language and explanatory diagrams
- Develops students' analytical skills and their own philosophical viewpoints using a variety of thought-provoking practical activities and tasks
- Helps students to engage with the anthology texts at the back of the book with clear prompts in every chapter
- Stretches high achievers through signposted extension material that enhances high-level critical thinking skills
- Draws on the author team's extensive practical teaching experience to provide a coherent and stimulating route through the 2014 specification
Exam Board: AQA
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: Philosophy
First Teaching: September 2016
First Exam: June 2017Enable students to critically engage with the new 2017 AQA specifications with this accessible Student Book that covers the key concepts and philosophical arguments, offers stimulating activities, provides a key text anthology and assessment guidance.
- Cements understanding of complex philosophical concepts and encourages students to view ideas from different approaches through clear and detailed coverage of key topics.
- Strengthens students' analytical skills to develop their own philosophical interpretations using a variety of inventive and thought-provoking practical activities and tasks.
- Encourages students to engage with the anthology texts, with references throughout and relevant extracts provided at the back of the book for ease of teaching and studying.
- Stretches students' conceptual analysis with extension material.
- Helps AS and A-level students to approach their exams with confidence with assessment guidance and support tailored to the AQA requirements.
Enable students to critically engage with the new 2017 AQA specifications with this accessible Student Book that covers the key concepts and philosophical arguments, offers stimulating activities, provides a key text anthology and assessment guidance.
- Cements understanding of complex philosophical concepts and encourages students to view ideas from different approaches through clear and detailed coverage of key topics.
- Strengthens students' analytical skills to develop their own philosophical interpretations using a variety of inventive and thought-provoking practical activities and tasks.
- Encourages students to engage with the anthology texts, with references throughout and relevant extracts provided at the back of the book for ease of teaching and studying.
- Stretches students' conceptual analysis with extension material.
- Helps AS and A-level students to approach their exams with confidence with assessment guidance and support tailored to the AQA requirements.
Groomed since the age of eight by his obsessive father Vince Spadea, by most accounts-except Andre Agassi's, who called Vince "a journeyman" at age 25-has been a success. At the start of the 2005 season, 19th seed Spadea was the only over-30-year-old player besides Agassi to be ranked in the top-20 on the world professional tennis circuit.
Now in his 13th professional season, Spadea gives a riveting account of the ultra-competitive and often hilarious world of a pro tennis player. He battles injuries, coaching and agent changes, and a slight from American Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe as he continues his improbable climb back up the rankings. Along the way, he considers taking two months off to appear on The Bachelor, practices with a still combative John McEnroe in a New York City tennis club, and prowls LA parties with his buddy, comedian Jon Lovitz, trying to pick up actresses like Natalie Portman and jump start his fledgling acting career.
Agassi, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Martina Navratilova, Maria Sharapova, Jennifer Capriati, Tim Henman, and Marat Safin are all analyzed in more colourful and personal terms than the tennis media has ever provided. In these pages, Spadea breaks the taboo of the "whatever you see, hear and do here, stays here" locker room mentality.
