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The Medieval Foundations of England

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2018

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A history of ideas in action, The Medieval Foundations of England covers a period of a thousand years of historical development—social, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural as well as political. The fundamental problems of medieval life in England are discussed in relation to the recent research.

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    Frontmatter

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    FOREWORD

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    CONTENTS

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    ABBREVIATIONS

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    INTRODUCTION

    XIII
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    CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY BEFORE 871

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    CHAPTER II. THE EARLY CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS

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    CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND

    36
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    CHAPTER IV. THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS POLITICAL UNITY

    57
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    CHAPTER V. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY, 871–1066

    77
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    CHAPTER VI. THE INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN

    86
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    CHAPTER VII. THE SALVATION OF WESSEX

    94
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    CHAPTER VIII. THE CONVERSION OF THE WESSEX KINGSHIP INTO AN ENGLISH MONARCHY, 899–975

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    CHAPTER IX. ST. DUNSTAN AND THE REVIVAL OF THE CHURCH

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    CHAPTER Χ. THE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION OF ENGLAND

    117
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    CHAPTER XI. THE STRUCTURE OF ANGLO-SAXON SOCIETY

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    CHAPTER XII. THE IMPACT OF SCANDINAVIAN AND ANGLOSAXON CIVILIZATIONS

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    CHAPTER XIII. THE LAST ENGLISH KINGS

    152
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    CHAPTER XIV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF ENGLAND 899–1066

    167
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    CHAPTER XV. CHURCH AND CULTURE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY

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    CHAPTER XVI. THE FEUDALIZATION OF SOCIETY BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST

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    CHAPTER XVII. THE IMPACT OF THE NORMANS UPON ANGLO-SAXON CIVILIZATION

    212
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    CHAPTER XVIII. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES

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    CHAPTER XIX. ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE NORMAN MONARCHY

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    CHAPTER XX. THE LESSONS OF ANARCHY

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    CHAPTER XXI. THE NEW MONARCHY

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    CHAPTER XXII. THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE

    358
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    CHAPTER XXIII. ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THE KING

    379
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    CHAPTER XXIV. THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF MONARCHY

    389
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    CHAPTER XXV. THE STRIVINGS TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION

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    CHAPTER XXVI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES

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    CHAPTER XXVII. THE MEDIEVAL PARLIAMENTS OF ENGLAND

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    INDEX

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History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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