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Autore |
Clanchy M. T |
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Titolo |
England and its rulers, 1066-1307 / / M. T. Clanchy |
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Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
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2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-73622-2 |
1-118-73621-4 |
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Edizione |
[Fourth edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 pages) |
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Collana |
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Wiley Blackwell Classic Histories of England. |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485 |
Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154 |
Great Britain History Angevin period, 1154-1216 |
Great Britain History Henry III, 1216-1272 |
Great Britain Kings and rulers |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previous ed.: 2006 |
Includes index |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Wiley Blackwell Classic Histories of England; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; List of Abbreviations; Maps; 1: England's Place in Medieval Europe; England and its conquerors; Europe and the world; England's destiny; Interpretations of English history; England and Britain; Part I: The Normans (1066-1135); 2: The Norman Conquest (1066-87); Immediately after the Conquest; Debates about the Conquest; English feelings about the Normans; Names and languages; Domesday Book; 3: Norman Government (1087-1135); William Rufus and Henry I |
The development of institutionsThe Exchequer; Feudalism; 4: Church Reform; The Anglo-Saxon church; Lanfranc and Norman control; Anselm and religious perfection; Monastic expansion; 5: The Creation of Wealth; Competition between churches and towns; Markets and money; What was wealth?; Did the Normans make a difference?; Part II: The Angevins (1135-99); 6: Struggles for the Kingdom (1135-99); Property and inheritance; Stephen and Matilda; Henry II's ancestral rights; Henry II and his sons; Richard I; 7: Law and Order; The law and |
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feudalism; The system described by Glanvill |
Henry II's intentionsBureaucracy; Why did England develop a system of its own?; 8: The Twelfth-century Renaissance; England's place in this Renaissance; Curiales and Latinists; The Owl and the Nightingale; Artists and patrons; 9: The Matter of Britain; Arthur and Merlin; Wales - defining an allegiance; Modernization in Scotland; Civilization in Ireland; 10: Family and Gender; Gender; Clerics and the family; The law of marriage; House and home; Part III: The Poitevins (1199-1272); 11: King John and the Minority of Henry III (1199-1227); The Poitevin connection; The record of King John |
Magna CartaThe regency of William the Marshal; Implications of the minority; 12: The Personal Rule of Henry III (1227-58); Contemporary rulers; The return of Peter des Roches; Henry's style of kingship; Henry's European strategy; The 'Sicilian business'; 13: National Identity; National feeling in Henry III's reign; The papacy and internationalism; The identity of England; The use of the English language; From lordship to nation state; The expulsion of the Poitevins; 14: The Commune of England (1258-72); The confederates of 1258; The idea of the commune; The Provisions of Oxford |
Henry III's recoveryMonarchy versus community; The king and Westminster abbey; 15: Lordship and the Structure of Society; Homage and honour; Women and lordship; Lords, freemen and serfs; Lordship and management; Epilogue; 16: Edward I (1272-1307); Assessing the king's character; The enforcement of royal rights; The conquest of Wales; The subjection of Scotland; English law and nationalism; Genealogical Tables; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an updated and expanded edition of a classic introduction to medieval England from the reign of William the Conqueror to Edward I. Includes a new chapter on family and gender roles, revisions throughout to enhance the narrative flow, and further reading sections containing the most up-to-date sourcesOffers engaging and clear discussion of the key political, economic, social, and cultural issues of the period, by an esteemed scholar and writerIllustrates themes with lively, pertinent examples and important primary sourcesAssesses the reigns of ke |
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