The Historians Of Angevin England

Author : Michael Staunton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191082641

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The Historians of Angevin England by Michael Staunton Pdf

The Historians of Angevin England is a study of the explosion of creativity in historical writing in England in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and what this tells us about the writing of history in the middle ages. Many of those who wrote history under the Angevin kings of England chose as their subject the events of their own time, and explained that they did so simply because their own times were so interesting and eventful. This was the age of Henry II and Thomas Becket, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart, the invasion of Ireland and the Third Crusade, and our knowledge and impression of the period is to a great extent based on these contemporary histories. The writers in question - Roger of Howden, Ralph of Diceto, William of Newburgh, Gerald of Wales, and Gervase of Canterbury, to name a few - wrote history that is not quite like anything written in England before. Remarkable for its variety, its historical and literary quality, its use of evidence and its narrative power, this has been called a 'golden age' of historical writing in England. The Historians of Angevin England, the first volume to address the subject, sets out to illustrate the historiographical achievements of this period, and to provide a sense of how these writers wrote, and their idea of history. But it is also about how medieval intellectuals thought and wrote about a range of topics: the rise and fall of kings, victory and defeat in battle, church and government, and attitudes to women, heretics, and foreigners.

Author : Michael Staunton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191082634

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The Historians of Angevin England by Michael Staunton Pdf

The Historians of Angevin England is a study of the explosion of creativity in historical writing in England in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and what this tells us about the writing of history in the middle ages. Many of those who wrote history under the Angevin kings of England chose as their subject the events of their own time, and explained that they did so simply because their own times were so interesting and eventful. This was the age of Henry II and Thomas Becket, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart, the invasion of Ireland and the Third Crusade, and our knowledge and impression of the period is to a great extent based on these contemporary histories. The writers in question - Roger of Howden, Ralph of Diceto, William of Newburgh, Gerald of Wales, and Gervase of Canterbury, to name a few - wrote history that is not quite like anything written in England before. Remarkable for its variety, its historical and literary quality, its use of evidence and its narrative power, this has been called a 'golden age' of historical writing in England. The Historians of Angevin England, the first volume to address the subject, sets out to illustrate the historiographical achievements of this period, and to provide a sense of how these writers wrote, and their idea of history. But it is also about how medieval intellectuals thought and wrote about a range of topics: the rise and fall of kings, victory and defeat in battle, church and government, and attitudes to women, heretics, and foreigners.

Author : Robert Bartlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192547378

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England under the Norman and Angevin Kings by Robert Bartlett Pdf

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 organization; and investigates the peasant economy, the foundation of this society, and the growing urban and commercial activity. 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.

Author : Frederick Maurice Powicke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B3439110

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The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204) by Frederick Maurice Powicke Pdf

Author : John Gillingham
Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : IND:39000000664354

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The Angevin Empire by John Gillingham Pdf

At its greatest extent, the Angevin Empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. For fifty years it was the dominant political entity and "English" and "French" history were inextricably woven together. This study looks at how these disparate territories came together, how theywere ruled, and whether they truly constituted an empire. The new edition of this groundbreaking work has been thoroughly revised and carries two new chapters.

Author : Natalie Fryde
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9783825856571

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Why Magna Carta? by Natalie Fryde Pdf

This book suggests that Magna Carta was not simply the product of the evil rule of King John but the culmination of unease with the Angevin government dating back to the reign of Henry II. It analyzes the reasons for this unease, the expressions of discontent and the ways which the Angevins dealt with them. Fryde also discusses Royal opponents who, early on, looked favorably upon the Capetian court.

Author : Richard Huscroft
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300187281

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Tales From the Long Twelfth Century by Richard Huscroft Pdf

This intriguing book tells the story of England’s great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events. Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. Huscroft deftly weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.

Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010475515

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The Jews of Angevin England by Joseph Jacobs Pdf

Author : F. M. Powicke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0265269911

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The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204) by F. M. Powicke Pdf

Excerpt from The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204): Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire From one point of view, all that I have written is a commentary upon Thomas Stapleton's Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy. I join with Mr. Round in admiration for that great antiquary. His work was taken up and carried on by the young Leopold Delisle more than fifty years ago; and the frequent references to their work in the following pages testify both to the value of their labours and to the later neglect of Norman history.2 I owe most to Professor Haskins of Harvard, amongst modern scholars. He has kindly read several of the early chapters and given me much valuable criticism. Moreover, his essays upon the history of Normandy in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries are a sure foundation for any work upon a later period. The knowledge that he was continuing his elaborate labours upon Norman charters has justified me in limiting the scope of the chapter upon Norman administration. My friends and teachers, Professor Tout, Professor Tait and Mr. H. W. C. Davis have added to a long series of kindnesses by reading and advising me upon various parts of the book. To Mr. Tout's unwearying encouragement I feel especially that I could never do justice in a preface My friend Professor Weaver, of Trinity College, Dublin, has also been good enough to read one or two chapters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Richard Mortimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : England
ISBN : OCLC:1083042801

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Angevin England, 1154-1258 by Richard Mortimer Pdf

Author : Henry Bainton
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812251906

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History and the Written Word by Henry Bainton Pdf

A thought-provoking look at the Angevin aristocracy's literary practices and historical record Coming upon the text of a document such as a charter or a letter inserted into the fabric of a medieval chronicle and quoted in full or at length, modern readers might well assume that the chronicler is simply doing what good historians have always done—that is, citing his source as evidence. Such documentary insertions are not ubiquitous in medieval historiography, however, and are in fact particularly characteristic of the history-writing produced by the Angevins in England and Northern France in the later twelfth century. In History and the Written Word, Henry Bainton puts these documentary gestures center stage in an attempt to understand what the chroniclers were doing historiographically, socially, and culturally when they transcribed a document into a work of history. Where earlier scholars who have looked at the phenomenon have explained this increased use of documents by considering the growing bureaucratic state and an increasing historiographical concern for documentary evidence, Bainton seeks to resituate these histories, together with their authors and users, within literate but sub-state networks of political power. Proposing a new category he designates "literate lordship" to describe the form of power with which documentary history-writing was especially concerned, he shows how important the vernacular was in recording the social lives of these literate lords and how they found it a particularly appropriate medium through which to record their roles in history. Drawing on the perspectives of modern and medieval narratology, medieval multilingualism, and cultural memory, History and the Written Word argues that members of an administrative elite demonstrated their mastery of the rules of literate political behavior by producing and consuming history-writing and its documents.

Author : F. M. POWICKE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033252530

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LOSS OF NORMANDY (1189-1204) by F. M. POWICKE Pdf

Author : F. M. (Frederick Maurice) 1879 Powicke
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1363815938

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LOSS OF NORMANDY (1189-1204) S by F. M. (Frederick Maurice) 1879 Powicke Pdf

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Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : UOM:39015008412283

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The Jews of Angevin England by Joseph Jacobs Pdf

Author : William (of Newburgh)
Publisher : Aris and Phillips Classical Te
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780856684746

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The History of English Affairs by William (of Newburgh) Pdf

The History of English Affairs, covering the years 1066-1197, was written at the close of the twelfth century and has been described as being "both in substance and in form ... the finest historical work left to us by an Englishman of the twelfth century" (The Dictionary of National Biography). The author's critical ability, gifts of acute observation, clear judgment and tolerant impartiality justify his high reputation as an original authority. Book Two covers the years 1154-1175, and incorporates the murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, the capture of the King of Scots at Alnwick, and the first subjugation of Ireland by the English. It also documents the career of Nicholas Breakspear, the only Englishman to become Pope.