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Informationen zum Autor G.O. Sayles Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1948, The Medieval Foundations of England is a chronological framework of the history of ideas and action during the medieval period. The book discusses the fundamental problems of medieval life in England and critically examines the historical sources of information. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Britain of the Eve of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements 2. The Sources of History Before 871 3. The Conversion of England 4. The Movement Towards Political Unity 5. The Sources of History, 971-1066 6. The Invasion of the Northmen 7. The Salvation of Wessex 8. The Conversion of the Wessex Kingship into an English Monarchy 9. St Dunstan and the Revival of the Church 10. The Agricultural Foundation of England 11. The Structure of Anglo-Saxon Society 12. The Impact of Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon Civilizations 13. The Last English Kings 14. The Administrative History of England, 899-1066 15. Church and Culture in the Eleventh Century 16. The Feudalization of Society Before the Norman Conquest 17. The Impact of the Normans Upon Anglo-Saxon Civilization 18. The Sources of History in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 19. Administration Under the Norman Monarchy 20. The Lessons of Anarchy 21. The New Monarchy 22. The Religious Revival and Intellectual Renaissance 23. Administration without the King 24. The Circumscription of Monarchy 25. The Striving Towards Constitutional Opposition 26. Social and Economic Developments in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 27. The Medieval Parliaments of England Index
