England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225

Name: England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225
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ISBN: 9780199251018

ISBN-10: 0199251010

ISBN-13: 9780199251018

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robert Bartlett

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This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society.This was a period in which the ruling dynasty and military aristocracy were deeply enmeshed with the politics and culture of France. Professor Bartlett describes their conflicts, and their preoccupations - the sense of honour, the role of violence, and the glitter of tournament, heraldry, and Arthurian romance. He explores the mechanics of government; assesses the role of the Church at a time of radical developments in religious life and…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 808
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English



Introduction



Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225


The Cross-Channel Realm


Court Politics


Predatory and Punitive Rule


Rebellion



England and Beyond: England and the British Isles


England and the Wider World



Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship


Regality


The Household and Household Administration


Itineration


Assemblies


Territorial Administration


Royal Finances


Courts and Judgements


Records and Record-Keeping



The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy


The Aristocratic Estate


The Life of the Aristocracy



Warfare: Waging War


Recruitment


Castles



The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework


Population


Settlement Patterns


Land Use and Agricultural Techniques


The Manorial Economy


Rural Social Structure



Towns and Trade: Urbanization


Town Law


Urban Self-Government


London


Urban Unrest


The Jews


Trade, the Framework


Commodities


Coinage and Monetization



The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy


Kingly Power and Priestly Power


The Religious



Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy


Devotion


Saints and their Cults


Overseas Pilgrimage


Dissent



Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature


Education and Higher Learning


The Visual Arts


Performance


The Value of the Arts



The Course of Life: Childhood


Naming Patterns


Love, Sex, and Marriage


Manners


Medicine and Healing


Death and the Dead



Cosmologies: Time


The World


The Chain of Being


Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal


Chronology of Political Events


Bibliography


Index