Jonathan Sumption

Royaume-Uni · Sur la carte · Écrivains · Naissance en 1948 · 77 ans

Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, né le 9 décembre 1948, connu comme Lord Sumption (titre de courtoisie octroyé par mandat royal en 2011), est un historien, avocat; juge et juriste britannique. Il est Lord-juge à la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni de 2012 à 2018.

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Jonathan Sumption : environ 123 lectures par jour, en 8 langues.

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2016“Success is admirable in a king, but failure is compelling and usually better recorded.”Ses propres motsChapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (p. 4)Lire toute la déclaration

“It is one of the paradoxes of England’s medieval history that in spite of its strong central institutions it was known mainly for its chronic political instability.”Ses propres motsChapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (p. 5)Lire toute la déclaration

“The government of Mortimer and Isabella was intensely hated. It proved to be just as vindictive, despotic and unstable as that of the Despensers but a great deal less competent.”Ses propres motsChapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (p. 18)Lire toute la déclaration

“Finance was always Edwards III’s weak point. He had little understanding of the problems of taxation or credit and was bored by administration.”Ses propres motsChapter 3, “‘King of France’” (p. 39)Lire toute la déclaration

“Edward’s chief asset was his personality. He was uncomplicated and likable. He was flamboyant, extrovert and generous.”Ses propres motsChapter 3, “‘King of France’” (pp. 52-53)Lire toute la déclaration

“Edward III had always greatly overestimated the help that conspirators and malcontents could bring him.”Ses propres motsChapter 4, “Prince of Chivalry” (p. 68)Lire toute la déclaration

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England, however, was endowed with a precociously advanced system of government which made its kings powerful beyond anything warranted by its comparatively modest resources.
2016 · Chapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (pp. 4-5), Ses propres mots
The Tuscan poet Dante Alighieri had a simple explanation for England’s problematic status in fourteenth-century Europe.
2016 · Chapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (p. 8), Ses propres mots
Some of the troops had been conscripted, the last occasion when compulsion played a significant part in the recruitment of Edward’s armies.
2016 · Chapter 3, “‘King of France’” (pp. 51-52), Ses propres mots