Henry II: New Interpretations (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Harper-Bill, Christopher; Vincent, Nicholas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Survey of the reign of Henry II, offering a range of new evaluations and interpretations.

Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers and men of letters of his time,besides ambassadors from all over Europe. Yet his is a reign of paradoxes: best known for his dramatic conflicts with his own wife and sons and with Thomas Becket, it was also a crucial period in the evolution of legal and governmental institutions. Here experts in the field provide significant reevaluations of its most important aspects. Topics include Henry's accession and his relations with the papacy, the French king, other rulers in the British Islesand the Norman baronage; the development of the common law and the coinage; the court and its literary milieu; the use of Arthurian legend for political purposes; and the career of the Young King Henry, while the introduction examines the historiography of the reign.

CONTRIBUTORS: MARTIN ALLEN, MARTIN AURELL, NICK BARRATT, PAUL BRAND, SEAN DUFFY, ANNE DUGGAN, JEAN DUBABIN, JOHN GILLINGHAM, EDMUND KING, DANIEL POWER, IAN SHORT, MATTHEW STRICKLAND

CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL and NICHOLAS VINCENT are Professors of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846155536
• Artikelnr.: 68308358

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Henry II and the Historians The Accession of Henry II
Edmund King Henry II and Louis VII
Jean Dunbabin Doing Homage to the King of France
John B Gillingham Henry, Duke of the Normans [1149/50
1189]
Daniel Power Henry II and England's Insular Neighbours
Sean Duffy Henry II, the English Church and the Papacy, 1154
1176
Anne J. Duggan On the Instruction of a Prince: The Upbringing of Henry, the Young King
Matthew J Strickland Henry II and the Creation of the English Common Law
Paul Brand Finance and the Economy in the Reign of Henry II
Nick Barratt Henry II and the English Coinage
Martin Allen The Court of Henry II
Nicholas Vincent Literary Culture at the Court of Henry II
Ian Short Henry II and Arthurian Legend
Martin Aurell Index