Geoffrey de Mandeville

A classic study of Geoffrey de Mandeville and the anarchy of King Stephen's reign, using one turbulent baron's career to illuminate a chaotic chapter of medieval England.

At a glance Rigorous, revealing and a model of exacting historical scholarship. Through the fortunes of a single ambitious baron, an age of civil war and shifting… What it's about This is a detailed historical study built around the career of Geoffrey… Set against the disorder of King Stephen's reign, often called the Anarchy, the book…

This is a detailed historical study built around the career of Geoffrey de Mandeville, a powerful and notoriously changeable nobleman of twelfth-century England.