Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225; The Cross-Channel Realm; Court Politics; Predatory and Punitive Rule; Rebellion
2: England and Beyond: England and the British Isles; England and the Wider World
3: Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship; Regality; The Household and Household Administration; Itineration; Assemblies; Territorial Administration; Royal Finances; Courts and Judgements; Records and Record-Keeping
4: The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy; The Aristocratic Estate; The Life of the Aristocracy
5: Warfare: Waging War; Recruitment; Castles
6: The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework; Population; Settlement Patterns; Land Use and Agricultural Techniques; The Manorial Economy; Rural Social Structure
7: Towns and Trade: Urbanization; Town Law; Urban Self-Government; London; Urban Unrest; The Jews; Trade, the Framework; Commodities; Coinage and Monetization
8: The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy; Kingly Power and Priestly Power; The Religious
9: Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy; Devotion; Saints and their Cults; Overseas Pilgrimage; Dissent
10: Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature; Education and Higher Learning; The Visual Arts; Performance; The Value of the Arts
11: The Course of Life: Childhood; Naming Patterns; Love, Sex, and Marriage; Manners; Medicine and Healing; Death and the Dead
12: Cosmologies: Time; The World; The Chain of Being; Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal
Chronology of Political Events
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1: Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225; The Cross-Channel Realm; Court Politics; Predatory and Punitive Rule; Rebellion
2: England and Beyond: England and the British Isles; England and the Wider World
3: Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship; Regality; The Household and Household Administration; Itineration; Assemblies; Territorial Administration; Royal Finances; Courts and Judgements; Records and Record-Keeping
4: The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy; The Aristocratic Estate; The Life of the Aristocracy
5: Warfare: Waging War; Recruitment; Castles
6: The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework; Population; Settlement Patterns; Land Use and Agricultural Techniques; The Manorial Economy; Rural Social Structure
7: Towns and Trade: Urbanization; Town Law; Urban Self-Government; London; Urban Unrest; The Jews; Trade, the Framework; Commodities; Coinage and Monetization
8: The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy; Kingly Power and Priestly Power; The Religious
9: Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy; Devotion; Saints and their Cults; Overseas Pilgrimage; Dissent
10: Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature; Education and Higher Learning; The Visual Arts; Performance; The Value of the Arts
11: The Course of Life: Childhood; Naming Patterns; Love, Sex, and Marriage; Manners; Medicine and Healing; Death and the Dead
12: Cosmologies: Time; The World; The Chain of Being; Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal
Chronology of Political Events
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Robert Bartlett is Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.

Reviews

Splendid...this is a fine book which transports the reader into a different, strange world...It deserves a wide readership and should stimulate renewed interest in this important period of English history Continuity and Change A great achievement. It tells central medieval history as it has not been told before Continuity and Change Bartlett is adept at combining cultural, political and economic approaches, showing how these different lenses can disclose complementary and contradictory images of the past Continuity and Change