| Description |
1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; I. Parentage and Early Life, c. 1096-1135; II. The Succession, 1135-1136; III. Mistakes, 1136-1139; IV. The Empress and her Party, 1136-1140; V. Disaster, 1140-1141; VI. Recovery, 1141; Postscript: The Empress Matilda and the Church; VII. A Second Start, 1142-1143; VIII. Stalemate, 1143-1147; IX. The New Opposition, 1147-1149; X. The Magnates' Peace, 1150-1154; Appendix I. Earls and Earldoms |
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Appendix II. Principal Participants in the Civil WarAppendix III. The Chronicle Sources; Appendix IV. Politics and Property; Appendix V. The Beaumont Twins: Waleran of Meulan and Robert Earl of Leicester; Appendix VI. Geoffrey de Mandeville; Appendix VII. Ranulf Earl of Chester and Coventry; Appendix VIII. Regesta iii: Additions and Corrections; Index |
| Summary |
This well-known text, the standard account of the subject, is essential reading for students and scholars of the Norman period from undergraduate level upwards, and was hailed on first publication as: "" a landmark in twelfth-century studies."" Written in the form of a biography this completely revised and updated edition discusses the significant social, governmental and religious developments as they arose in the course of the narrative |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154.
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| SUBJECT |
Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154 fast |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Kings and rulers
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Stephen, 1135-1154.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056745
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317900528 |
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1317900529 |
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9781315846323 |
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1315846322 |
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