The Death of Kings: Royal Deaths in Medieval England - Paperback

by Michael R. Evans (Author)

This volume is an account of what is known about the deaths of all English medieval kings - natural, violent or accidental. It shows how contemporaries and later writers, including Shakespeare, drew morals from such deaths and about the characters of individual kings.

Author Biography

Michael Evans has lectured in medieval history at several universities in Britain and the United States. He is currently assistant professor at Central Michigan University, US. He published The Death of Kings: Royal Deaths in Medieval England in 2003(Continuum).