King Stephen's Reign (1135-1154)

Expert coverage and new assessments of the reign of King Stephen, set in social, political and European context.

List of contents

Introduction - Marjorie Chibnall
Henry I and the Origins of the Civil War - Judith Green
Royal Income and Regional Trends - Graeme J White
King Stephen and Northern France - David Crouch
A Week in Politics: Oxford, Late July 1114 - Edmund King
Allegiance and Intelligence in King Stephen's Reign - Paul Dalton
English Monasteries and the Continent in the Reign of King Stephen - Janet Burton
Reeds Shaken by the Wind? Bishops in Local and Regional Politics in King Stephen's Reign - Stephen Marritt
Violent Disorder in King Stephen's England: A Maximum Argument - Hugh M Thomas
The Lure of Stephen's England: Tenserie, Flemings and a Crisis of Circumstance - Thomas Bisson
Legal Treatises as Perceptions of Law in Stephen's Reign - Bruce O'Brien

Product details

• Authors: Paul Dalton
• Assisted by: Paul Dalton (Editor), Graeme J White (Editor), Graeme J. White (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2008
• EAN: 9781843833611
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-361-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 237 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages