In chronological and geographical scope this volume ranges fromtenth-century Marchiennes, to three castles c.1300 in Co. Carlow, via Toulouse in 1159; none the less, England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries remains central. Three papers deal with the late Anglo-Saxon earls and their followers as consumers and politicians; three with religious institutions in both charitable and political perspective. Familiar subjects such as English castle keeps, the Bayeux Tapestry and the New Forest are shown in unfamiliar light. Other papers consider contemporary views of Henry I and Stephen and modern views of Anglo-Saxon slavery.
Details
First Published: 29 Jul 2001
13 Digit ISBN: 9780851158259
Pages: 360
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
Binding: Hardback
Imprint: Boydell Press
Series:
Anglo-Norman StudiesSubject:
Medieval HistoryBIC Class: HBLC1
Details updated on 04 Feb 2012
Contents
- 1 The New Wealth, the New Rich and the New Political Style in Late Anglo-Saxon England (The Allen Brown Memorial Lecture)
- 2 The Earls of Mercia and their Commended Men
- 3 'The feet of those that bark shall be cut off': Timorous Historians and the Personality of Henry I
- 4 Peaceable Power in English Castles
- 5 Monastic Hospitality: the Benedictines in England, c.1075-1245
- 6 'An unfinished business': Angevin Politics and the Siege of Toulouse (1159)
- 7 The Dynamics of Lordship and Landscape as revealed in a Domesday study of the Nova Foresta
- 8 Ballyloughan, Ballymoon and Clonmore: three castles of c.1300 in County Carlow
- 9 Monastic Foundation Strategies in the early Norman diocese of Norwich
- 10 Learning to Love the Leper: Aspects of Institutional Charity in Anglo-Norman England
- 11 Keeping up with the Godwinesons: In Pursuit of Aristocratic Status in late Anglo-Saxon England
- 12 The Language of the Bayeux Tapestry Inscription
- 13 The legend of Saint Rictrude: formation and transformations (10th-12th century)
- 14 Kingship, Usurpation and Propaganda in Twelfth-Century Europe - the Case of Stephen
- 15 The Significance of Slavery: Alternative Approaches to Anglo- Saxon Slavery
