The Beaumont Twins: The Roots and Branches of Power in the Twelfth Century
This book combines a simple dual biographical study of Waleran of Meulan and Robert of Leicester, the twin sons of Robert, Count of Meulan and Earl of Leicester, with an exploration of the exercise of power in twelfth-century Normandy and England. The twins were dominant and colourful characters, whose lives reveal many new points about the politics of the period, in particular the Norman rebellion of 1123-4, the wars of Stephen's reign in Normandy and England and the early years of Henry II. The book analyses the twins' followings, revenues and lands, and studies their relations with the church, their level of literacy, and heraldry. It also contains the first in-depth study of Norman feudal society in the duchy itself, suggests reasons why Normandy was more difficult to govern than England, and explores the use of patronage in twelfth-century society.
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Contents
PARTI NARRATIVE
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3 |
THE BEAUMONT TWINS AND STEPHEN OF BLOIS
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29 |
I
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97 |
13
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106 |
38
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113 |
58
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119 |
Lay household officers
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139 |
REVENUES
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177 |
THE BEAUMONTS THE CHURCH AND THE WIDER
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196 |
CONCLUSION
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The Beaumont Twins: The Roots and Branches of Power in the Twelfth Century David Crouch Limited preview - 1986 |
Common terms and phrases
abbey abbot Additional charter Angevin Anschetil appears Arnold attests Beaumont twins Bibl Biddlesden Bishop Bordesley Breteuil Brit brother Burdet butler cant Cart cartulary castle church Collection du Vexin count of Meulan Count Robert Count Waleran court curia Duke Earl Robert earl's earldom Efflanc England English Eure evidence Evreux exchequer father fees forest Geoffrey Glos Gloucester Grandvilliers grant Harcourt held honor of Breteuil honor of Leicester honorial baron household Hugh Ibid Jumièges knights lands Leics Libr lord Louis Lyre magnates Mantes Monasticon monks Montfort Morin Norman Normandy Osbern Paris Pont Audemer Pont Echanfray Préaux priory provosts R. H. C. Davis Ralph Regesta Richard Risle Robert de Torigny Robert du Neubourg Robert II Robert of Leicester Roger de Beaumont Rotrou Rouen royal Simon Stenton Stephen steward tenants Tosny Tourville twelfth century Valasse Vatteville Vexin viscount Waleran's charters Warwick Warws William fitz Worcester xxiii