{"product_id":"england-and-its-rulers-isbn-9781118736234","title":"England and its Rulers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an updated and expanded edition of a classic introduction to medieval England from the reign of William the Conqueror to Edward I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a new chapter on family and gender roles, revisions throughout to enhance the narrative flow, and further reading sections containing the most up-to-date sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers engaging and clear discussion of the key political, economic, social, and cultural issues of the period, by an esteemed scholar and writer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates themes with lively, pertinent examples and important primary sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses the reigns of key Norman, Angevin, and Plantagenet monarchs, as well as the British dimension of English history, the creation of wealth, the rise of the aristocracy, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the Fourth Edition ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. England and France xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. England and the Mediterranean xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Edward I’s kingdom in Britain in 1305 xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 England’s Place in Medieval Europe 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngland and its conquerors 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurope and the world 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngland’s destiny 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretations of English history 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngland and Britain 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Normans (1066–1135) 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Norman Conquest (1066–87) 28\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmediately after the Conquest 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebates about the Conquest 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish feelings about the Normans 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNames and languages 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomesday Book 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Norman Government (1087–1135) 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Rufus and Henry I 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe development of institutions 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Exchequer 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeudalism 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Church Reform 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon church 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanfranc and Norman control 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnselm and religious perfection 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonastic expansion 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Creation of Wealth 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetition between churches and towns 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarkets and money 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat was wealth? 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDid the Normans make a difference? 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Angevins (1135–99) 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Struggles for the Kingdom (1135–99) 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProperty and inheritance 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen and Matilda 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry II’s ancestral rights 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry II and his sons 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard I 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Law and Order 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe law and feudalism 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe system described by Glanvill 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry II’s intentions 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBureaucracy 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy did England develop a system of its own? 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Twelfth-century Renaissance 140\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngland’s place in this Renaissance 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuriales and Latinists 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Owl and the Nightingale 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArtists and patrons 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Matter of Britain 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur and Merlin 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWales – defining an allegiance 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization in Scotland 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivilization in Ireland 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Family and Gender 182\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClerics and the family 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe law of marriage 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouse and home 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Poitevins (1199–1272) 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 King John and the Minority of Henry III (1199–1227) 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poitevin connection 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe record of King John 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagna Carta 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe regency of William the Marshal 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications of the minority 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Personal Rule of Henry III (1227–58) 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary rulers 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe return of Peter des Roches 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry’s style of kingship 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry’s European strategy 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Sicilian business’ 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 National Identity 248\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational feeling in Henry III’s reign 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe papacy and internationalism 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe identity of England 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe use of the English language 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom lordship to nation state 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe expulsion of the Poitevins 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Commune of England (1258–72) 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe confederates of 1258 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe idea of the commune 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Provisions of Oxford 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry III’s recovery 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonarchy versus community 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe king and Westminster abbey 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Lordship and the Structure of Society 284\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomage and honour 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and lordship 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLords, freemen and serfs 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLordship and management 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Edward I (1272–1307) 304\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing the king’s character 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe enforcement of royal rights 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe conquest of Wales 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe subjection of Scotland 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish law and nationalism 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenealogical Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNormans and Angevins 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAngevins and Poitevins 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Savoyards 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 343\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMichael Clanchy is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK, and a fellow of the British Academy.  He taught previously at Glasgow University, and is considered to be one of the leading medieval scholars of his generation.  His publications include \u003ci\u003eFrom Memory to Written Record: England 1066–1306\u003c\/i\u003e  (3rd edition, Wiley Blackwell, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eAbelard: A Medieval Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNow available in an updated and expanded fourth edition, \u003ci\u003eEngland and Its Rulers 1066–1307\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic introduction to medieval England from William the Conqueror to Edward I. Written by Michael Clanchy, an esteemed scholar of the medieval period, the text remains an engaging and clear discussion of key political, economic, social, and cultural issues.  This edition includes a new chapter on family and gender roles, revisions throughout to enhance the narrative flow, and further reading sections containing the most up-to-date sources. The author illustrates key themes with lively, pertinent examples and important primary sources. With broad coverage of indispensable topics, this fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eEngland and Its Rulers\u003c\/i\u003e brings medieval England alive for a new generation of students and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989138850021,"sku":"NP9781118736234","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118736234.jpg?v=1761782953","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/england-and-its-rulers-isbn-9781118736234","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}