The Reign of King Stephen: 1135-1154
At last: an authoritative, up to date account of the troubled reign of King Stephen, by a leading scholar of the Anglo-Norman world. David Crouch covers every aspect of the period - the king and the empress, the aristocracy, the Church, government and the nation at large. He also looks at the wider dimensions of the story, in Scotland, Wales, Normandy and elsewhere. The result (weaving its discussions around a vigorous narrative core) is a a work of major scholarship. A must for specialist and amateur medievalists alike.
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Contents
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Feudalism Anarchy the Baron de Montesquieu and Bishop Stubbs
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THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR STEPHEN AS COUNT AND KING 11131139
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9 |
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THE CIVIL WAR 11391147
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105 |
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SETTLING THE KINGDOM 11471154
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231 |
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THE IMPACT OF STEPHENS REIGN
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Maps
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354 |
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Genealogical Table
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abbey abbot Anarchy Angevin Anglo-Norman Anjou Archbishop aristocracy army barons Beaumont Twins Bigod Bishop Henry Bishop Roger Blois Boulogne brother campaign Canterbury castle charter Chibnall Chronicle Church confirmed Count Geoffrey Count Waleran court Crouch death Devizes duchy Duke Henry Earl Ranulf Earl Robert Earl William earl’s earldom Easter empress England English Essex estates Eustace exchequer find first fitz garrison Geoffrey de Mandeville Geoffrey’s Gesta Gloucester’s Henry of Huntingdon Henry’s Hereford household Hugh Huntingdon influence john of Hexham King David King Henry King Stephen king’s kingship lands Lincoln London lord lordship magnates March Miles of Gloucester military negotiation Norman Normandy ofthe party peace political priory R.H.C. Davis Ranulf of Chester Regesta Robert de Torigny Robert of Gloucester Robert of Leicester royal royalist Salisbury sheriff siege significant Stephen’s reign Theobald Torigny Waleran of Meulan Welsh Westminster William of Malmesbury William of Ypres Winchester Worcester