Henry II: New Interpretations

Name: Henry II: New Interpretations
Price: 200.89 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781843833406

Christopher Harper-Bill Professor Martin Aurell Professor Nicholas Vincent Anne J. Duggan Daniel Power Edmund King Ian Short Jean Dunbabin John B Gillingham Martin Allen

Henry II: New Interpretations

Christopher Harper-Bill(Author) Professor Martin Aurell(Author) Professor Nicholas Vincent(Author) Anne J. Duggan(Author) Daniel Power(Author) Edmund King(Author) Ian Short(Author) Jean Dunbabin(Author) John B Gillingham(Author) Martin Allen(Author)

hardback

Published: 14 November, 2007

Share

Standard worldwide delivery by Wed, August 5 - Mon, August 10

Order within 0

Condition: NEW

$200.89

Price includes shipping

Available 20 in stock

- +

Add to basket Wishlist This

FREE Returns within 30 days

More Details

Popular Books by Christopher Harper-Bill

View All Books by Christopher Harper-Bill

The Pre-Reformation Church in England 1400-1530

Religious Belief and Ecclesiastical Careers in Late Medieval England

The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood, volume III

Description

Survey of the reign of Henry II, offering a range of new evaluations and interpretations. Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers and men of letters of his time,besides ambassadors from all over Europe. Yet his is a reign of paradoxes: best known for his dramatic conflicts with his own wife and sons and with Thomas Becket, it was also a crucial period in the evolution of legal and governmental institutions. Here experts in the field provide significant reevaluations of its most important aspects. Topics include Henry's accession and his relations with the papacy, the French king, other rulers in the British Islesand the Norman baronage; the development of the common law and the coinage; the court and its literary milieu; the use of Arthurian legend for political purposes; and the career of the Young King Henry, while the introduction examines the historiography of the reign. CONTRIBUTORS: MARTIN ALLEN, MARTIN AURELL, NICK BARRATT, PAUL BRAND, SEAN DUFFY, ANNE DUGGAN, JEAN DUBABIN, JOHN GILLINGHAM, EDMUND KING, DANIEL POWER, IAN SHORT, MATTHEW STRICKLAND CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL and NICHOLAS VINCENT are Professors of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.

More Details

Type	Book
ISBN13	9781843833406
ISBN10	1843833409
Number Of Pages	422
Item Weight	732 g
Publisher / Reseller	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format	hardback

See More +

Media Reviews

Gives the reader samples of many of the strands in the scholarship on the Angevin empire, and contains a number of valuable articles. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *
Exceptional in the range and quality of the papers..[An] Excellent volume. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *

Author's Bio

NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy Daniel Power is Professor of Medieval History at Swansea University. He is the author of a number of works concerning France and the British Isles in the Central Middle Ages, including The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries (2004). He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (of London) and of the Royal Historical Society. MATTHEW STRICKLAND is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow. NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy

Publisher / Reseller Address	Wrap Distribution Ltd. 10925 Dresdner Str 9 Zittau 02763 DE.
Publisher / Reseller EU Responsible Person	Contact person: Antonio Angelo Madeddu Email: [email protected] Contact number: +44808 169 7725

Henry II: New Interpretations

Christopher Harper-Bill Professor Martin Aurell Professor Nicholas Vincent Anne J. Duggan Daniel Power Edmund King Ian Short Jean Dunbabin John B Gillingham Martin Allen