A Tale of Two Monasteries
Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century
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Published on 16. March 2009
280 pages
978-1-4008-3038-1 (ISBN)
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William Chester Jordan
A Tale of Two Monasteries
Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century
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Princeton University Press
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William Chester Jordan is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. His books include Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Thérines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians (Princeton) and Europe in the High Middle Ages.
Content
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
PREFACE xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
TECHNICAL MATTERS: CURRENCIES, CALENDARS, NOMENCLATURE xvii
CHAPTER I: England and France in the Early Thirteenth Century 1
CHAPTER II: Two Great Monasteries and Two Young Men 25
CHAPTER III: The Treaty of Paris 49
CHAPTER IV: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times 66
CHAPTER V: A Monumental Rivalry 100
CHAPTER VI: Two Royal Successions 130
CHAPTER VII: The Abbeys in the New Regimes 159
CHAPTER VIII: Diplomacy and Governance 182
CHAPTER IX: Epilogue 216
BIBLIOGRAPHY 223
INDEX 243
PREFACE xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
TECHNICAL MATTERS: CURRENCIES, CALENDARS, NOMENCLATURE xvii
CHAPTER I: England and France in the Early Thirteenth Century 1
CHAPTER II: Two Great Monasteries and Two Young Men 25
CHAPTER III: The Treaty of Paris 49
CHAPTER IV: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times 66
CHAPTER V: A Monumental Rivalry 100
CHAPTER VI: Two Royal Successions 130
CHAPTER VII: The Abbeys in the New Regimes 159
CHAPTER VIII: Diplomacy and Governance 182
CHAPTER IX: Epilogue 216
BIBLIOGRAPHY 223
INDEX 243
