The Misrule of Henry III: 1236-1251

Henry III had promised to rule under the Great Charter of 1225, which limited the monarch’s power and protected the power of the major barons.

He did not do so successfully enough for the likes of the barons, who in 1232 revolted.

A peace settlement was made, but Henry became increasingly unpopular towards the end of his reign.

His legacy as described in this book includes extracting huge amounts of money from the Jews in England, and from his own nobility and England’s clergy.

He is now notorious for the failures of his expensive foreign policies, and the hostility of the English nobility towards his damaging foreign loyalties, to the extortionate papacy in Rome and to his foreign kin. This book provides an interesting contemporary perspective into the state of affairs, and deals with fact as well as moments of colourful narrative.

This fascinating book examines the life and ‘misrule’ of King Henry III (1207-1272). It compiles various contemporary sources and chronicles the most interesting and pertinent moments of Henry’s reign.