From Domesday Book to Magna Carta, 1087-1216

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Oxford University Press, 1993 - 541 sivua
A landmark study of key century in medieval history, this book comprises the history of the century and a quarter which elapsed between the compilation of Domesday Book and the issue of the Magna Carta, the two greatest documents of English medieval history. The volume opens with chapters in which the position of the monarchy and social and economic background of the period in its feudal, rural, and urban aspects are discussed. In the political sphere it describes the building up of the great continental dominions, which in the time of Henry II are known as the Angevin Empire, and the collapse of the battle of Bouvines in 1214; it embraces also the attempts of the English kings to establish their supremacy over Scotland and Wales, and the conquest of Ireland. The work of the ecclesiastical reformers and the conflicts between church and state associated with the archbishops Anselm and Becket and Pope Innocent III are discussed. The progress of education, the contribution of Englishmen to the twelth-century renaissance, the literature, and the art of the age are brought under review. Finally, the great development of the common law brought about by the legal reforms of Henry II is traced, and the book ends with a description of the events leading up Magna Carta and its sequel, civil war, in which the reign of King John was brought to a close.

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GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
1
The kings household
8
The Feudal army
15
The Feudal incidents
25
Forest officers
32
Legal status of villeins
41
Manumission of villeins
47
The parish priest
59
The writing of history
249
The drama
258
THE CELTIC FRINGE
265
The organization of the army
267
The battle of the Standard
271
The rout of Winchester
272
and William the Lion
277
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283

town planning
67
Education
69
The merchant gild and town government
73
Communications
79
Craft gilds
85
The wine trade
92
12
95
342
96
Defeat and exile of Robert of Belleme
99
Accession of Richard I
124
Imprisonment and death of Duke Robert of Normandy
128
Robert of Gloucester renounces his allegiance
137
24
149
25
156
John of Salisbury
163
on Crusade
164
27
165
ANSELM
167
Quarrel between Rufus and Anselm
173
Henry Is government of the Church
183
Stephens relations with the Church
190
BECKET
197
The Constitutions of Clarendon
205
Coronation of Henry the Young King
212
29
214
The criminous clerks
218
Intrigues of Philip Augustus
221
Vices of the clergy
225
Early scholars at Oxford
237
32
238
Literacy of Kings
243
c IRELAND
302
The Council of Cashel and Church Reform
308
Johns expedition in 1210
315
Restoration of order
321
Geoffrey de Mandeville
322
Relations with Germany
327
Death of Robert of Gloucester and departure of the Empress
328
Rebellion of 11734
333
The Angevin Empire at its height
339
The end of the Anarchy
361
Richards last battles and death
377
Treaty between the Earls of Chester and Leicester
384
The Inquest of Sheriffs
389
Punishment
403
Proprietary actions
409
Character of the Norman Kings
414
The origin of the Exchequer
417
The Jews and Moneylenders
423
The Battle of Damme
461
The Battle of Bouvines
467
The Charter granted
473
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474
Alexander II
480
The Charter quashed by the Pope
481
Trial of William of St Calais Bishop of Durham
519
English penetration in North Wales
522
The administration during the Civil
528
State of Normandy under Duke Robert
529
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533
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Dr A. L. Poole (1889-1963) was Former Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.

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