Introduction I. Historiography; Introduction II. Context, sources and methodology; 1. England as a territory; 2. Defining the English people; 3. Englishness: race, ethnicity and national character; 4. King, kingdom and people: the idea of England in political rhetoric; 5. Nationality, allegiance and subjecthood in the king's wider domains; 6. God and England: ecclesiastical rhetoric and a political theology of nationhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
A study of the nature of national sentiment in fourteenth-century England, in its political and constitutional context.
Andrea Ruddick is a Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval History at Exeter College, Oxford. She has previously worked at the University of Cambridge and the University of York.
'Ruddick's confidence in exploring the evidence across such a range
of sources in several languages marks this out as a bravura
performance in critical analysis. No previous scholar has offered
such a close reading of the evidence for 'national sentiment' as
revealed in the records … This book reaches new heights of
intellectual sophistication.' Dr Peter Crooks, Scottish Historical
Review
'Ruddick's calm, well-reasoned and sensitive approach to this
slippery topic produces a survey which is both clear and richly
illustrated, grounded in a convincing vision of political society,
and alert to the ways in which rhetoric relates to political
reality … This book offers a rich and brilliantly crafted survey of
English national identity, put together from a remarkable array of
disparate sources.' John Watts, The English Historical Review
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