The English in the twelfth century : imperialism, national identity and political values / John Gillingham
2000, First Edition. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445104
ISBN: 0585259100
Physical description: xxvi, 289 pages. Contents: Introduction: The English in the twelfth century -- pt. 1. Imperialism -- 1. The beginnings of English imperialism -- 2. The context and purposes of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain -- 3. Conquering the barbarians: war and chivalry in Britain and Ireland -- 4. Henry II, Richard I and the Lord Rhys -- 5. The travels of Roger of Howden and his views of the Irish, Scots and Welsh -- 6. The foundations of a disunited kingdom -- pt. 2. National identity -- 7. Gaimar, the Prose Brut and the making of English history -- 8. Henry of Huntingdon and the twelfth-century revival of the English nation -- 9. The English invasion of Ireland -- pt. 3. Values and structures -- 10. Thegns and knights in eleventh-century England: who was then the gentleman? -- 11. The introduction of knight service into England -- 12. 1066 and the introduction of chivalry into England -- 13. Kingship, chivalry and love. Political and cultural values in the earliest history written in French: Geoffrey Gairnar's Estoia des Engleis -- 14. Some observations on social mobility in England between the Norman conquest and the early thirteenth century. Subjects: National characteristics, English History To 1500. Political science Great Britain History To 1500. Nationalism England History To 1500. Imperialism History To 1500. Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154; Angevin period, 1154.-1216.
Price: €125.00