Medieval Britain
A Very Short Introduction
Published on 10. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-19-285402-5 (ISBN)
Description
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. Out of the turbulence came stronger senses of identity in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Yet this was an age, too, of growing definition of Englishness and of a distinctive English cultural tradition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
14 black and white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 113 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
165 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285402-5 (9780192854025)
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John Gillingham | Ralph A. Griffiths
Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
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Persons
John Gillingham taught history at the London School of Economics, University of London, from 1965 to 1998. His previous publications include The Angevin Empire (Edward Arnold, 1981); Richard Coeur de Lion (Noesis, Paris, 1996), awarded the Prix Guillaume le Conquerant for 1997; Richard I (Yale University Press, 1999); The English in the Twelfth Century (Boydell Press, 2000); The Angevin Empire (revised edition of 1981 edition) is forthcoming.
Ralph A. Griffiths has been Professor of Medieval History, University of Wales, Swansea, since 1982. His previous publications include The Principality of Wales in the later Middle Ages, Vol. I, South Wales, 1277-1536 (University of Wales Press, 1972); The Reign of King Henry VI (Benn and California University Press, 1981; 2nd edn Sutton 1998); The Making of the Tudor Dynasty, with R. S. Thomas (Sutton and Humanities Press, 1985; revised edn 1993); The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, with J. Cann
Ralph A. Griffiths has been Professor of Medieval History, University of Wales, Swansea, since 1982. His previous publications include The Principality of Wales in the later Middle Ages, Vol. I, South Wales, 1277-1536 (University of Wales Press, 1972); The Reign of King Henry VI (Benn and California University Press, 1981; 2nd edn Sutton 1998); The Making of the Tudor Dynasty, with R. S. Thomas (Sutton and Humanities Press, 1985; revised edn 1993); The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, with J. Cann
Content
1. The Norman kings ; 2. The Plantagenet kings ; 3. Politics, law, and religion in the early Middle Ages ; 4. The economy in the early Middle Ages ; 5. England at war, 12901390 ; 6. Wealth, population, and social change in the later Middle Ages ; 7. Still at war, 1390-1490 ; 8. Towards a nation ; Further reading ; Chronology ; Genealogies of royal lines ; Index