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Henry II: New Interpretations (Hardcover)
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Henry II: New Interpretations (Hardcover)
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Survey of the reign of Henry II, offering a range of new
evaluations and interpretations. Henry II is the most imposing
figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains
extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court was
frequented by the greatest thinkers and men of letters of his
time,besides ambassadors from all over Europe. Yet his is a reign
of paradoxes: best known for his dramatic conflicts with his own
wife and sons and with Thomas Becket, it was also a crucial period
in the evolution of legal and governmental institutions. Here
experts in the field provide significant reevaluations of its most
important aspects. Topics include Henry's accession and his
relations with the papacy, the French king, other rulers in the
British Islesand the Norman baronage; the development of the common
law and the coinage; the court and its literary milieu; the use of
Arthurian legend for political purposes; and the career of the
Young King Henry, while the introduction examines the
historiography of the reign. CONTRIBUTORS: MARTIN ALLEN, MARTIN
AURELL, NICK BARRATT, PAUL BRAND, SEAN DUFFY, ANNE DUGGAN, JEAN
DUBABIN, JOHN GILLINGHAM, EDMUND KING, DANIEL POWER, IAN SHORT,
MATTHEW STRICKLAND CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL and NICHOLAS VINCENT are
Professors of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.
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