The Medieval Foundations of England

ISBN-13: 9780367207144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 506 str.

G. O. Sayles

Opis

Originally published in 1948, The Medieval Foundations of England is a chronological framework of the history of ideas and action during the medieval period. The book discusses the fundamental problems of medieval life in England and critically examines the historical sources of information.

Spis treści

1. Britain of the Eve of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements  2. The Sources of History Before 871  3. The Conversion of England  4. The Movement Towards Political Unity  5. The Sources of History, 971-1066  6. The Invasion of the Northmen  7. The Salvation of Wessex  8. The Conversion of the Wessex Kingship into an English Monarchy  9. St Dunstan and the Revival of the Church  10. The Agricultural Foundation of England  11. The Structure of Anglo-Saxon Society  12. The Impact of Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon Civilizations  13. The Last English Kings  14. The Administrative History of England, 899-1066  15. Church and Culture in the Eleventh Century  16. The Feudalization of Society Before the Norman Conquest  17. The Impact of the Normans Upon Anglo-Saxon Civilization  18. The Sources of History in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries  19. Administration Under the Norman Monarchy  20. The Lessons of Anarchy  21. The New Monarchy  22. The Religious Revival and Intellectual Renaissance  23. Administration without the King  24. The Circumscription of Monarchy  25. The Striving Towards Constitutional Opposition  26. Social and Economic Developments in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries  27. The Medieval Parliaments of England  Index

O autorze

G.O. Sayles