Adam Usk's secret /

Adam Usk, a Welsh lawyer in England and Rome during the first years of the fifteenth century, lived a peculiar life. He was, by turns, a professor, a royal advisor, a traitor, a schismatic, and a spy. He cultivated and then sabotaged figures of great influence, switching allegiances between kings, u...

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Главный автор: Justice, Steven, 1957- (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press [2015]
Серии:Middle Ages series.
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt13x1mvn
Оглавление:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The First Secret
  • Chapter 2. The Story of William Clerk
  • Chapter 3. Fear
  • Chapter 4. Prophecy
  • Chapter 5. Utility
  • Chapter 6. Grief
  • Chapter 7. Theory of History
  • Chapter 8. Adam Usk's Secret
  • Conclusion
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.