England under the Norman and Angevin kings, 1075-1225

Abstract

Introduction 1. Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225 The Cross-Channel Realm Court Politics Predatory and Punitive Rule Rebellion 2. England and Beyond: England and the British Isles England and the Wider World 3. Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship Regality The Household and Household Administration Itineration Assemblies Territorial Administration Royal Finances Courts and Judgements Records and Record-Keeping 4. The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy The Aristocratic Estate The Life of the Aristocracy 5. Warfare: Waging War Recruitment Castles 6. The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework Population Settlement Patterns Land Use and Agricultural Techniques The Manorial Economy Rural Social Structure 7. Towns and Trade: Urbanization Town Law Urban Self-Government London Urban Unrest The Jews Trade, the Framework Commodities Coinage and Monetization 8. The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy Kingly Power and Priestly Power The Religious 9. Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy Devotion Saints and their Cults Overseas Pilgrimage Dissent 10. Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature Education and Higher Learning The Visual Arts Performance The Value of the Arts 11. The Course of Life: Childhood Naming Patterns Love, Sex, and Marriage Manners Medicine and Healing Death and the Dead 12. Cosmologies: Time The World The Chain of Being Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal Chronology of Political Events Bibliography Index Introduction 1. Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225 The Cross-Channel Realm Court Politics Predatory and Punitive Rule Rebellion 2. England and Beyond: England and the British Isles England and the Wider World 3. Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship Regality The Household and Household Administration Itineration Assemblies Territorial Administration Royal Finances Courts and Judgements Records and Record-Keeping 4. The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy The Aristocratic Estate The Life of the Aristocracy 5. Warfare: Waging War Recruitment Castles 6. The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework Population Settlement Patterns Land Use and Agricultural Techniques The Manorial Economy Rural Social Structure 7. Towns and Trade: Urbanization Town Law Urban Self-Government London Urban Unrest The Jews Trade, the Framework Commodities Coinage and Monetization 8. The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy Kingly Power and Priestly Power The Religious 9. Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy Devotion Saints and their Cults Overseas Pilgrimage Dissent 10. Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature Education and Higher Learning The Visual Arts Performance The Value of the Arts 11. The Course of Life: Childhood Naming Patterns Love, Sex, and Marriage Manners Medicine and Healing Death and the Dead 12. Cosmologies: Time The World The Chain of Being Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal Chronology of Political Events Bibliography Index