CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. EDITOR’S PREFACE ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. ENGLISH KINGSHIP: THE VIEW FROM PARIS, 1066–1204 1
7. AUDACITY AND AMBITION IN EARLY NORMAN ENGLAND AND THE BIG STUFF OF THE CONQUEST 25
8. RESSOURCES ET CROISSANCE DANS LE MONDE ANGLO-NORMAND: SOURCES ET HYPOTHÈSES 53
9. BECKET VULT: THE APPROPRIATION OF ST THOMAS BECKET’S IMAGE DURING THE CANTERBURY DISPUTE, 1184–1200 63
10. LA BATAILLE DE BOUVINES RECONSIDERÉE 77
11. ABBOT PETER THE VENERABLE’S TWO MISSIONS TO ENGLAND (1130 AND 1155/1156) 91
12. LA PRODUCTION MANUSCRITE ANGLO-NORMANDE ET LA BIBLE D’HERMAN DE VALENCIENNES: USAGE ET RÉCEPTION D’UN LIVRE VERNACULAIRE (xiie–xive SIÈCLES) 107
13. RALPH NIGER AND THE BOOKS OF KINGS 125
14. FROM CAPTIVITY TO LIBERATION: THE IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF FRANCHISE IN CRUSADING FRANCE 147
15. ‘DAUGHTER OF FULK, GLORY OF BRITTANY’: COUNTESS ERMENGARDE OF BRITTANY (c.1070–1147) 165
16. THE IDEA OF ‘EMPIRE’ AS HEGEMONIC POWER UNDER THE NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET KINGS (1066–1204) 179
17. CHILD KINGSHIP AND NOTIONS OF (IM)MATURITY IN NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE, 1050–1262 197
18. A MICRO-ECONOMY OF SALVATION: FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE ‘ANNUARY’ OF ROBERT OF TORIGNI 213