King StephenThis well-known text, the standard account of the subject, is essential reading for students and scholars of the Norman period from undergraduate level upwards, and was hailed on first publication as: " a landmark in twelfth-century studies." Written in the form of a biography this completely revised and updated edition discusses the significant social, governmental and religious developments as they arose in the course of the narrative. |
Contents
Two The Succession 11351136 | |
Three Mistakes 11361139 | |
Four The Empress and her Party 11361140 | |
Five Disaster 11401141 | |
Six Recovery 1141 | |
Seven A Second Start 11421143 | |
Nine The New Opposition 11471149 | |
Ten The Magnates Peace 11501154 | |
Earls and Earldoms | |
The Chronicle Sources | |
Waleran of Meulan and Robert Earl | |
Ranulf Earl of Chester and Coventry | |
Index | |
Eight Stalemate 11431147 | |
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Abbey abbot Angevins archbishop army arrest barons Beaumont besieged Boulogne Bristol brother captured castle charter Chronicles Church claimed Clito Cluniac Cornwall court Coventry Devizes disinherited Duke Henry Durham Earl of Chester Earl of Gloucester Earl of Hereford Earl of Leicester Earl Ranulf Earl Robert earldom empress England English Essex Eustace father force Geoffrey de Mandeville Gesta Stephani Gilbert granted held Henry I's Henry of Blois Henry of Huntingdon Henry’s hereditary Hist honour Hugh Bigod Ibid John of Hexham King David King Henry King Stephen king’s knights lands London magnates Matilda Miles of Gloucester monk Norfolk Norman Normandy OVvi Oxford papal peace pope queen R. H. C. Davis Ranulf Earl recognized revolt Richard Robert de Torigni Robert Earl Roger of Salisbury royal sheriff siege St Bernard Stephen’s reign supporters surrender Theobald treaty Waleran of Meulan Wallingford William de Roumare William of Malmesbury Wiltshire Worcester York