Rövid leírás:

Ruling England is a key text for students wishing to understand the complexities of medieval kingship in England from 1042?1225.

Hosszú leírás:

Since its first publication in 2005, Ruling England has established itself as an authoritative account of English politics and the growth of royal power from 1042.

Using chronicle and administrative records, it focuses on the aims and priorities of the kings of England and on how and why the systems which established and enhanced their authority developed during this period. It explores how the machinery of government worked and grew, and how the legal system evolved to consolidate royal control over the kingdom. It also explores the contribution of the English Church to politics and how the partnership between king and clergy was crucial to the consolidation of royal power.

Now in its third edition, Ruling England is a key text for students wishing to understand the complexities of medieval kingship in England from 1042 to 1227. It has been expanded chronologically to cover the minority of King Henry III and there are more extensive treatments of the interactions between the rulers of England and their British neighbours, the role of women in English politics during this period and of the place in society occupied by England?s Jewish communities.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Part I. Late Anglo-Saxon England, 1042?1066     

1.         The reigns, 1042?1066        

Edward the Confessor, 1042?1066    

Harold II, January?October 1066      

The interregnum, 14 October?25 December 1066    

2.         Ruling the kingdom, 1042?1066
           

King and nobility      

The crisis of 1051?1052       

Royal government     

Local government     

Royal wealth 

Military organisation

Women and political power  

Conclusion     

3.         The kings and the law, 1042?1066           

Codes and cases        

Courts and communities       

Trial and punishment 

Conclusion     

4.         The kings and the Church, 1042?1066     

The late Anglo-Saxon Church          

Royal government and the Church   

England and the papacy         

A backward Church in need of reform?       

Part II. Anglo-Norman England, 1066?1154        

5.         The reigns, 1066?1154        

William I ?the Conqueror?, 1066?1087         

William II ?Rufus?, 1087?1100         

Henry I, 1100?1135   

1109?1113

1116?1120

1123?1124

Stephen, 1135?1154  

6.         Ruling the kingdom, 1066?1154    

King and nobility      

Cross-Channel government  

The royal household

Local government     

Royal wealth 

Military organisation

Government in writing          

The reign of Stephen

Women and political power  

Conclusion     

7.         The kings and the law, 1066?1154           

Continuity and change          

The principal courts  

The criminal law     

Civil cases     

Women, land and the law   

Conclusion     

8.         The kings and the Church, 1066?1154     

The Church in Normandy      

Controlling the English Church         

Other reforms

Kings, archbishops and popes          

Canterbury and York 

The reign of Stephen

The king?s Jews        

Conclusion     

Part III. Angevin England, 1154?1227      

9.         The reigns, 1154?1227        

Henry II, 1154?1189 

Richard I, 1189?1199

John, 1199?1216        

The minority of Henry III, 1216?1227          

10.       Ruling the kingdom, 1154?1227    

The Angevin Empire  

The restoration of royal authority  

King and nobility      

Royal government     

Women and political power  

Local government     

Royal wealth 

Military organisation

The road to Runnymede       

The minority of Henry III     

11.       The kings and the law, 1154?1227           

The background to the reforms        

The operation of the system 

The reforms  

The effects of the reforms    

Magna Carta and the common law 

Conclusion     

12.       The kings and the Church, 1154?1227     

The papacy and canon law  

Royal expectations    

Henry II and Thomas Becket 

John and Innocent III

England?s Jews: Murder and massacre         

The minority of Henry III     

The principal narrative sources and their authors, 1042?1227

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