England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225

by Robert Bartlett

Overview

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. There are colourful details of the everyday life of ordinary men and women, with their views on the past, on sexuality, on animals, on death, the undead, and the occult. The result is a fascinating and comprehensive portrayal of a period which begins with conquest and ends in assimilation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199251018
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/03/2002
Series:	New Oxford History of England
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Robert Bartlett is Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225; The Cross-Channel Realm; Court Politics; Predatory and Punitive Rule; Rebellion2. England and Beyond: England and the British Isles; England and the Wider World3. Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship; Regality; The Household and Household Administration; Itineration; Assemblies; Territorial Administration; Royal Finances; Courts and Judgements; Records and Record-Keeping4. The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy; The Aristocratic Estate; The Life of the Aristocracy5. Warfare: Waging War; Recruitment; Castles6. The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework; Population; Settlement Patterns; Land Use and Agricultural Techniques; The Manorial Economy; Rural Social Structure7. Towns and Trade: Urbanization; Town Law; Urban Self-Government; London; Urban Unrest; The Jews; Trade, the Framework; Commodities; Coinage and Monetization8. The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy; Kingly Power and Priestly Power; The Religious9. Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy; Devotion; Saints and their Cults; Overseas Pilgrimage; Dissent10. Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature; Education and Higher Learning; The Visual Arts; Performance; The Value of the Arts11. The Course of Life: Childhood; Naming Patterns; Love, Sex, and Marriage; Manners; Medicine and Healing; Death and the Dead12. Cosmologies: Time; The World; The Chain of Being; Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor AnimalChronology of Political EventsBibliographyIndexIntroduction1. Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225; The Cross-Channel Realm; Court Politics; Predatory and Punitive Rule; Rebellion2. England and Beyond: England and the British Isles; England and the Wider World3. Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship; Regality; The Household and Household Administration; Itineration; Assemblies; Territorial Administration; Royal Finances; Courts and Judgements; Records and Record-Keeping4. The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy; The Aristocratic Estate; The Life of the Aristocracy5. Warfare: Waging War; Recruitment; Castles6. The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework; Population; Settlement Patterns; Land Use and Agricultural Techniques; The Manorial Economy; Rural Social Structure7. Towns and Trade: Urbanization; Town Law; Urban Self-Government; London; Urban Unrest; The Jews; Trade, the Framework; Commodities; Coinage and Monetization8. The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy; Kingly Power and Priestly Power; The Religious9. Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy; Devotion; Saints and their Cults; Overseas Pilgrimage; Dissent10. Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature; Education and Higher Learning; The Visual Arts; Performance; The Value of the Arts11. The Course of Life: Childhood; Naming Patterns; Love, Sex, and Marriage; Manners; Medicine and Healing; Death and the Dead12. Cosmologies: Time; The World; The Chain of Being; Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor AnimalChronology of Political EventsBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Words of praise the author applies to the historians of his period can well be applied to this work, 'The quantity , quality, and variety are all alike impressive.'"—Albion

"[S]tartlingly clear and often unusual images of life under the Norman and Angevin kings."—B.R. O'Brien, CHOICE

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