The struggle for mastery: Britain 1066-1284
by Carpenter, David, (David A.)
[This] is [an] account of the tumultuous centuries that saw a profound reshaping of Britain - between the Norman invasion of England and the conquest of Wales under Edward I. As Norman and Anglo-Saxon peoples integrated, a new English identity emerged. Yet while their monarchs concentrated on defending a continental empire. Britain's other rulers developed their own plans for mastery. The Welsh struggled both to throw back Norman conquerors and establish dominion over one another, and the Scott…
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- Full title :The struggle for mastery : Britain 1066-1284 / David Carpenter.
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[This] is [an] account of the tumultuous centuries that saw a profound reshaping of Britain - between the Norman invasion of England and the conquest of Wales under Edward I. As Norman and Anglo-Saxon peoples integrated, a new English identity emerged. Yet while their monarchs concentrated on defending a continental empire. Britain's other rulers developed their own plans for mastery. The Welsh struggled both to throw back Norman conquerors and establish dominion over one another, and the Scottish kings expanded their territory and forged a state powerful enough to repulse English invasion. Interweaving the shifting fortunes of British rulers with the wider transformation of economics, languages, politics, and social and religious life, [the author] provides an ... understanding of the momentous era of Medieval Britain. -Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2003
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- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2003
Notes
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiv, 615 pages : : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; : 20 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0140148248, 9780140148244
- oclc:ocm59264373
- LC Classification:DA175
- Dewey Decimal:941.02
Table of Contents
The peoples of Britain -- The economies of Britain -- The Norman Conquest of England, 1066-87 -- Wales, Scotland and the Normans, 1058-94 -- Britain and the Anglo-Norman realm, 1087-1135 -- Britain remodelled: King Stephen, 1135-54, King David, 1124-53, and the Welsh rulers -- King Henry II, Britain and Ireland, 1154-89 -- Richard the Lionheart, 1189-99, and William the Lion, 1165-1214 -- The reign of King John, 1199-1216 -- The minority of Henry III and its sequel, 1216-34, Llywelyn the Great, 1194-1240, and Alexander II, 1214-49 -- Britain during the personal rule of King Henry III, 1234-58 -- The tribulations of Henry III, the triumphs of Alexander III and Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, 1255-72 -- Structures of society -- Church, religion, literacy and learning -- King Edward I: the Parliamentary State -- Wales and Scotland: conquest and coexistence.
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