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Informationen zum Autor Professor David Crouch's research and writing crosses a number of fields of cultural geography! social anthropology! cultural and visual studies and art theory. These theoretical areas are engaged through an attention to contemporary cultural change! identity! human creativity! life and space encounters and relations! through ethnographies around landscape! everyday life/leisure and tourism! community involvement and the work of artists. This work includes an interest in space and gentle politics! belonging! disorientation and cultural identity! and human poetic expression in diverse forms of creativity. Klappentext This introductory textbook offers a fully integrated perspective of medieval Britain! from 1000 to 1500. Zusammenfassung This introductory textbook offers a fully integrated perspective of medieval Britain! from 1000 to 1500. Written in an engaging and accessible style and organised thematically! the book emphasises elements of medieval life over political narrative. It will be an essential resource for undergraduate students taking courses on medieval Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of maps; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Empire of Britain: 1. A century of conquest: 1000-1100; 2. Francophone Britain: 1100-1217; Part II. Living in Medieval Britain: 3. Peoples and languages; 4. Monarchy; 5. The State; 6. Establishing the Church; 7. The wealth of Britain; 8. The organisation of society; 9. Life experience; 10. Material Britain; Part III. The Great Divorce: 11. Redefining Britain, 1217-1337; 12. Scotland, 1306-1514; 13. Dynastic struggles, 1337-1485; Conclusion; Chronology of rulers; Index.
List of contents
List of figures; List of maps; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Empire of Britain: 1. A century of conquest: 1000-1100; 2. Francophone Britain: 1100-1217; Part II. Living in Medieval Britain: 3. Peoples and languages; 4. Monarchy; 5. The State; 6. Establishing the Church; 7. The wealth of Britain; 8. The organisation of society; 9. Life experience; 10. Material Britain; Part III. The Great Divorce: 11. Redefining Britain, 1217-1337; 12. Scotland, 1306-1514; 13. Dynastic struggles, 1337-1485; Conclusion; Chronology of rulers; Index.
