King Stephen, 1135-1154

by Davis, R. H. C., (Ralph Henry Carless)

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This well-known text, the standard account of the subject, is essential reading for students and scholars of the Norman period from undergraduate level upwards, and was hailed on first publication as: "" a landmark in twelfth-century studies."" Written in the form of a biography this completely revised and updated edition discusses the significant social, governmental and religious developments as they arose in the course of the narrative.

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Title Statements

Full title :King Stephen, 1135-1154 / R.H.C. Davis.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1990
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Addison Wesley Longman Limited, Routledge
Place of Publication:Oxfordshire [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1990

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (191 pages) : : illustrations, tables, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317900528, 1317900529, 9781315846323, 1315846322
oclc:ocn874152099
LC Classification:DA198.5
Dewey Decimal:942.02/4/092

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; I. Parentage and Early Life, c. 1096-1135; II. The Succession, 1135-1136; III. Mistakes, 1136-1139; IV. The Empress and her Party, 1136-1140; V. Disaster, 1140-1141; VI. Recovery, 1141; Postscript: The Empress Matilda and the Church; VII. A Second Start, 1142-1143; VIII. Stalemate, 1143-1147; IX. The New Opposition, 1147-1149; X. The Magnates' Peace, 1150-1154; Appendix I. Earls and Earldoms.

Appendix II. Principal Participants in the Civil WarAppendix III. The Chronicle Sources; Appendix IV. Politics and Property; Appendix V. The Beaumont Twins: Waleran of Meulan and Robert Earl of Leicester; Appendix VI. Geoffrey de Mandeville; Appendix VII. Ranulf Earl of Chester and Coventry; Appendix VIII. Regesta iii: Additions and Corrections; Index.

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