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England and its rulers, 1066-1307 / M.T. Clanchy

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Clanchy, M. T.
Published
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Description
viii, 350 pages ; 23 cm.

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Machine generated contents note: 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 -- pt. 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 institutions -- The 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? -- pt. 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 feudalism -- The system described by Glanvill -- Henry II's intentions -- Bureaucracy -- 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 -- pt. 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 Carta -- The 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 recovery -- Monarchy 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.
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9781118736234 (pbk.)
1118736230 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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