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Author Green, Judith, author

Title Forging the Kingdom : Power in English Society, 973-1189 / Judith Green
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Contexts -- Kings -- Lay lords : an age of aristocracy -- Archbishops, bishops and abbots -- Individuals, communities and networks -- Power and place -- London : the making of a capital city -- A patchwork kingdom
Summary Between the imperial coronation of Edgar in 973 and the death of Henry II in 1189, English society was transformed. This lively and wide-ranging study explores social and political change in England across this period, and examines the reasons for such developments, as well as the many continuities. By putting the events of 1066 firmly in the middle of her account, Judith Green casts new light on the significance of the Norman Conquest. She analyses the changing ways that kings, lords and churchmen exercised power, especially through the building of massive stone cathedrals and numerous castles, and highlights the importance of London as the capital city. The book also explores themes such as changes in warfare, the decline of slavery and the integration of the North and South West, as well as concepts such as state, nationalism and patriarchy
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 May 2017)
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- To 1500
Social change -- England -- History -- To 1500
Architecture and state -- England -- History -- To 1500
London (England) -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Architecture and state
Kings and rulers
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Social change
Social conditions
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- To 1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056869
England -- Social conditions -- To 1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002599
England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043312
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056730
Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056738
Subject England
England -- London
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139018074
1139018078
0521193591
9780521193597
052115829X
9780521158299