The Accession of Henry II in England
The Accession of Henry II in England

Author: Emilie Amt

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780851153483

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Detailed examination of the steps by which Henry II negotiated peace and established the authority of his government.

Henry II
Henry II

Author: Wilfred Lewis Warren

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 750

ISBN-13: 9780520022829

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Henry II was an enigma to contemporaries, and has excited widely divergent judgements ever since. Dramatic incidents of his reign, such as his quarrel with Archbishop Becket and his troubled relations with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons, have attracted the attention of historical novelists, playwrights and filmmakers, but with no unanimity of interpretation. That he was a great king there can be no doubt. Yet his motives and intentions are not easy to divine, and it is Professor Warren's contention that concentration on the great crises of the reign can lead to distortion. This book is therefore a comprehensive reappraisal of the reign based, with rare understanding, on contemporary sources; it provides a coherent and persuasive revaluation of the man and the king, and is, in itself, an eloquent and impressive achievement.

Constitutio Domus Regis
Constitutio Domus Regis

Author: Richard Fitzneale

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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Corrections by: Carter, F.E.L.;; Unknown function: Greenway, D.E.

The Haskins Society Journal 33 - 2021
The Haskins Society Journal 33 - 2021

Author: Laura L. Gathagan

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2023-03-21

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1783277521

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Continuing the Society's commitment to historical and interdisciplinary research from the early and central Middle Ages, interrogating primary documents to yield new insights into our understanding of the past.

The English Aristocracy, 1070-1272
The English Aristocracy, 1070-1272

Author: David Crouch

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2011-05-24

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0300172125

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William the Conqueror's victory in 1066 was the beginning of a period of major transformation for medieval English aristocrats. In this groundbreaking book, David Crouch examines for the first time the fate of the English aristocracy between the reigns of the Conqueror and Edward I. Offering an original explanation of medieval society -- one that no longer employs traditional "feudal" or "bastard feudal" models -- Crouch argues that society remade itself around the emerging principle of nobility in the generations on either side of 1200, marking the beginning of the ancien regime. The book describes the transformation in aristocrats' expectations, conduct, piety, and status; in expressions of social domination; and in the relationship with the monarchy. Synchronizing English social history with non-English scholarship, Crouch places England's experience of change within a broader European transformation and highlights England's important role in the process. With his accustomed skill, Crouch redefines a fascinating era and the noble class that emerged from it.

Jury, State, and Society in Medieval England
Jury, State, and Society in Medieval England

Author: J. Masschaele

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-10-27

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 023061616X

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This book portrays the great variety of work that medieval English juries carried out while highlighting the dramatic increase in demands for jury service that occurred during this period.

Restoration and Reform, 1153–1165
Restoration and Reform, 1153–1165

Author: Graeme J. White

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-03-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1139425234

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This book examines the processes by which effective royal government was restored in England following the civil war of Stephen's reign. It questions the traditional view that Stephen presided over 'anarchy', arguing instead that the king and his rivals sought to maintain the administrative traditions of Henry I, leaving foundations for a restoration of order once the war was over. The period from 1153 to 1162, spanning the last months of Stephen's reign and the early years of Henry II's, is seen as one primarily of 'restoration' when concerted efforts were made to recover royal lands, rights and revenues lost since 1135. Thereafter 'restoration' gave way to 'reform': although the administrative advances of 1166 have been seen as a watershed in Henry II's reign, the financial and judicial measures of 1163–65 were sufficiently important for this, also, to be regarded as a transitional phase in his government of England.