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    The Struggle for Mastery

    The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284

    Author David Carpenter
    Paperback
    $22.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Mar 29, 2005 | 640 Pages | 9780140148244
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    The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French dynasty and aristocracy. This book shows how the English domination of the kingdom was by no means a foregone conclusion. The struggle for mastery in the book's title is in reality the struggle for different masteries within Great Britain. The book weaves together the histories of England, Scotland and Wales in a new way and argues that all three, in their different fashions, were competing for domination
    The Struggle for MasteryList of Maps and Genealogical Tables
    Preface
    Maps
    Money, Technical Terms, and Names of People and Places

    1. The Peoples of Britain
    2. The Economies of Britain
    3. The Norman Conquest of England, 1066-87
    4. Wales, Scotland and the Normans, 1058-94
    5. Britain and the Anglo-Norman Realm, 1087-1135
    6. Britain Remodelled: King Stephen, 1135-54, King David, 1124-53, and the Welsh Rulers
    7. King Henry II, Britain and Ireland, 1154-89
    8. Richard the Lionheart, 1189-99, and William the Lion, 1165-1214
    9. The Reign of King John, 1199-1216
    10. The Minority of Henry III and its Sequel, 1216-34, Llywelyn the Great, 1194-1240, and Alexander II, 1214-49
    11. Britain During the Personal Rule of King Henry III, 1234-58
    12. The Tribulations of Henry III, the Triumphs of Alexander III and Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, 1255-72
    13. Structures of Society
    14. Church, Religion, Literacy and Learning
    15. King Edward I: The Parliamentary State
    16. Wales and Scotland: Conquest and Coexistence

    Genealogical Tables
    Bibliography
    Index

    David Carpenter is a professor of medieval history at King’s College, London. View titles by David Carpenter
    "This is a fine, up-to-date synthesis of a grand subject, now suitably enlarged." —T.N. Bisson, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History, Harvard University

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    The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French dynasty and aristocracy. This book shows how the English domination of the kingdom was by no means a foregone conclusion. The struggle for mastery in the book's title is in reality the struggle for different masteries within Great Britain. The book weaves together the histories of England, Scotland and Wales in a new way and argues that all three, in their different fashions, were competing for domination

    Table of Contents

    The Struggle for MasteryList of Maps and Genealogical Tables
    Preface
    Maps
    Money, Technical Terms, and Names of People and Places

    1. The Peoples of Britain
    2. The Economies of Britain
    3. The Norman Conquest of England, 1066-87
    4. Wales, Scotland and the Normans, 1058-94
    5. Britain and the Anglo-Norman Realm, 1087-1135
    6. Britain Remodelled: King Stephen, 1135-54, King David, 1124-53, and the Welsh Rulers
    7. King Henry II, Britain and Ireland, 1154-89
    8. Richard the Lionheart, 1189-99, and William the Lion, 1165-1214
    9. The Reign of King John, 1199-1216
    10. The Minority of Henry III and its Sequel, 1216-34, Llywelyn the Great, 1194-1240, and Alexander II, 1214-49
    11. Britain During the Personal Rule of King Henry III, 1234-58
    12. The Tribulations of Henry III, the Triumphs of Alexander III and Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, 1255-72
    13. Structures of Society
    14. Church, Religion, Literacy and Learning
    15. King Edward I: The Parliamentary State
    16. Wales and Scotland: Conquest and Coexistence

    Genealogical Tables
    Bibliography
    Index

    Author

    David Carpenter is a professor of medieval history at King’s College, London. View titles by David Carpenter

    Praise

    "This is a fine, up-to-date synthesis of a grand subject, now suitably enlarged." —T.N. Bisson, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History, Harvard University

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