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The earl, the kings, and the chronicler : Robert Earl of Gloucester and the reigns of Henry I and Stephen /

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The Earl, the Kings, and the Chronicler is the first full-length biography of Robert (c.1088-1147), grandson of William the Conqueror and eldest son of King Henry I of England (1100-35), who could not succeed his father because he was a bastard. Instead, as the earl of Gloucester, he helped change t...

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Main Author:	Patterson, Robert B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Robert, > Earl of Gloucester, > approximately 1090-1147. Nobility > England > Biography. Great Britain > History > Henry I, 1100-1135. Great Britain > History > Stephen, 1135-1154.

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