The importance of the themes of rulership and rebellion in the history of the Anglo-Norman world between 1066 and the early thirteenth century is incontrovertible. The power, government, and influence of kings, queens and other lords pervaded and dominated society and was frequently challenged and resisted. But while biographies of rulers, studies of the institutions and operation of central, local and seigniorial government, and works on particular political struggles abound, many major aspects of rulership and rebellion remain to be explored or further elucidated. This volume, written by leading scholars in the field and dedicated to the pioneering work of Professor Edmund King, will make an original, important and timely contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Anglo-Norman history.
Author(s): Paul Dalton, David Luscombe
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 304
City: London
Cover
Contents
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Edmund King: an Appreciation
2 William the Peacemaker: the Submission of the English to the Duke of Normandy, October 1066–January 1067
3 A Profession of Ignorance: an Insight into Domesday Procedure in an Early Reference to the Inquest
4 The Place of Government in Transition: Winchester, Westminster and London in the Mid-Twelfth Century
5 A Different diffidatio: Violence, Litigation and the Lord of Courville from the Letters of Ivo of Chartres
6 The Charters of Geoffrey de Mandeville
7 The Legacy of Ranulf de Gernons
8 Fortunes of War: Safe-Guarding Wallingford Castle and Honour 1135–60
9 John of Salisbury and Courtiers’ Trifles
10 How to Suppress a Rebellion: England 1173–74
11 The Battle of the Countesses: the Division of the Honour of Leicester, March–December 1207
12 The ‘Loss of Normandy’ and Northamptonshire
13 The Twenty-Five Barons of Magna Carta: an Augustinian Echo
A Bibliography of the Published Writings of Edmund King
Index of Manuscripts
General Index
