Ruling England, 1042-1217Routledge, 14.01.2014 - 264 Seiten A new history of post-conquest England which makes the new kingdom accessible through a focus on its kings and how it was ruled, featuring the empire building dynasties. The central theme of the book is the rise and fall of English kingship during this period and at its heart is the central question of how the ruler of the most sophisticated kingdom in 12th century Europe was eventually compelled to submit to the humiliation of Magna Carta at the start of the thirteenth. The book also reaffirms the importance of high politics in English history. No proper understanding of the wider aspects of medieval history (social, economic, cultural) is possible without a firm grounding in political events, and this book covers these themes in depth. |
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Part II AngloNorman England 10661154 | 55 |
Part III Angevin England 11541217 | 137 |
The Principal Narrative Sources and their Authors 10421217 | 199 |
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abbots administration aetheling Angevin Empire Angevin kings Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon England Anjou Anselm appointed archbishop of Canterbury authority barons battle Bayeux became Becket bishop Brittany brother castles Chapter claim consecrated count death disputes Domesday earl earl of Northumbria earldom ecclesiastical Edward the Confessor English Church example Exchequer eyre feudal Forest France Geoffrey Gloucester Godwin Harold Hastings Henry II Henry II’s Henry’s Hubert Walter important John John’s Jumièges justiciar king of England king of Scotland king’s kingdom knights landholders lands lord Magna Carta Matilda military Norman and Angevin Norman kings Northumbria Odo of Bayeux Orderic Vitalis papacy papal period Philip pipe roll political pope probably Ranulf Ranulf Flambard reform Richard Robert Roger royal government royal justice Rufus scutage sheriff shire court Stephen Stephen’s reign Stigand Sweyn tenants tenants-in-chief thegns throne Tostig twelfth century vassals Wessex Westminster whilst William of Poitiers Winchester Worcester writ