UID:
almafu_9960119805402883
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 242 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-511-89713-8
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 1
Content:
This book combines a simple dual biographical study of Waleran of Meulan and Robert of Leicester, the twin sons of Robert, Count of Meulan and Earl of Leicester, with an exploration of the exercise of power in twelfth-century Normandy and England. The twins were dominant and colourful characters, whose lives reveal many new points about the politics of the period, in particular the Norman rebellion of 1123-4, the wars of Stephen's reign in Normandy and England and the early years of Henry II. The book analyses the twins' followings, revenues and lands, and studies their relations with the church, their level of literacy, and heraldry. It also contains the first in-depth study of Norman feudal society in the duchy itself, suggests reasons why Normandy was more difficult to govern than England, and explores the use of patronage in twelfth-century society.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Narrative -- The Beaumont Twins in the Reign of Henry I -- Minority, 1118-20 -- Conspiracy and rebellion, 1121-4 -- Reinstatement -- The Beaumont Twins and Stephen of Blois -- The defence of Normandy, 1136-8 -- The period of Beaumont supremacy at court, 1138-41 -- Readjustment -- Beaumonts, Plantagenets and Capetians, 1144-68 -- The importance of Meulan -- The dilemma of Meulan, 1144-66 -- Robert of Leicester and Henry Plantagenet -- Earl Robert as justiciar, 1155-68 -- A summing-up -- Analysis -- The Honorial Baronage -- The honorial community: the case of Breteuil -- The honorial baron -- The honorial barony and military service -- Administration -- Lay household officers -- Clerical officers -- Curia -- Local administration: the Leicester exchequer -- Local administration: officers and deputies -- Revenues -- Towns -- Tolls -- Trade -- Forest -- Feudal incidents -- Farm -- The Beaumonts, the Church and the Wider World -- Church patronage -- Advocacy -- The intellectual life of the Beaumont twins -- Count Waleran and the origins of heraldry -- Conclusion -- A new source for the death of Robert of Meulan, A. D. 1118 -- Genealogical tables: I. Tourville, II. Harcourt, III. Hereditary stewards of Meulan -- Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-09013-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-30215-3
Language:
English
