Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066 - 1216

✍ Scribed by Eljas Oksanen

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The union of Normandy and England in 1066 recast the political map of western Europe and marked the beginning of a new era in the region's international history. This book is a groundbreaking investigation of the relations and exchanges between the county of Flanders and the Anglo-Norman realm. Among other important themes, it examines Anglo-Flemish diplomatic treaties and fiefs, international aristocratic culture, the growth of overseas commerce, immigration into England and the construction of new social and national identities. The century and a half between the conquest of England by the duke of Normandy and the conquest of Normandy by the king of France witnessed major revolutions in European society, politics and culture. This study explores the history of England, northern France and southern Low Countries in relation to each other during this period, giving fresh perspectives to the historical development of north-western Europe in the Central Middle Ages.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
FLANDERS AND THE ANGLO-NORMAN WORLD, 1066–1216
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
FIGURES, MAPS AND TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 POWER AND POLITICS IN FLANDERS AND THE ANGLO-NORMAN REGNUM
EARLY POLITICAL FORMATION
THE FLEMISH CONTEXT OF 1066
THE AFTERMATH OF THE CONQUEST
ALLIANCES IN THE LATE ELEVENTH CENTURY
ACCESSION AND ASCENDANCY OF HENRY I
WILLIAM CLITO AND THE FLEMISH CIVIL WAR OF 1127–1128
COUNT THIERRY, KING STEPHEN AND EMPRESS MATILDA
THE ACCESSION OF KING HENRY II
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND THE AFFAIR OF THOMAS BECKET
THE ANGEVIN CIVIL WAR OF 1173–1174
CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION 1174–1183
RICHARD I AND JOHN, AND THE ASCENDANCY OF PHILIP II OF FRANCE
THE PATH TO BOUVINES AND RUNNYMEDE
Chapter 2 MILITARY TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC CULTURE
THE 1101 AND 1110 TREATIES
THE TREATY OF 1163
HOMAGE, AMBIGUITY AND ALLIANCE
Chapter 3 ANGLO-FLEMISH DIPLOMACY
DIPLOMATIC SOCIETY
BARONIAL MONEY FIEFS
THE FLEMISH TREATY FIEF DURING THE REIGN OF KING HENRY II
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TREATY FIEFS
Chapter 4 TOURNAMENT IN ANGLO-FLEMISH SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP AND POLITICS
NETWORKING AND RECRUITMENT
Chapter 5 THE POLITICS OF CROSS-CHANNEL COMMERCE
URBANISATION AND TRADE
TRAVEL AND SHIPPING
CROSS-CHANNEL FINANCES
TRADE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
Chapter 6 FLEMISH IMMIGRATION TO ENGLAND
THE NORMAN CONQUEST
FLEMISH ESTATES IN DOMESDAY BOOK
OPPORTUNITIES AND NETWORKS
EMIGRATION PRESSURES WITHIN FLANDERS
FLEMISH COMMUNITIES IN WALES
Chapter 7 SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE IMAGE OF FLEMINGS IN ENGLAND
MID-TWELFTH-CENTURY PERCEPTIONS OF FLEMISH SOLDIERS
WILLIAM OF YPRES AND THE MUTABILITY OF MERCENARY IDENTITY
ENGLISH IDENTITY, AND FLEMINGS IN THE CHRONICLE OF JORDAN FANTOSME
FLEMINGS IN ENGLISH HISTORICAL NARRATIVES OF THE LATER TWELFTH CENTURY
CONCLUSION
Appendix I TIMELINE
Appendix II TREATY BETWEEN KING HENRY II AND COUNT THIERRY, AND HEIRS, DOVER, 19 MARCH 1163
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MANUSCRIPTS
PUBLISHED SOURCES
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
SECONDARY LITERATURE
UNPUBLISHED PHD THESES
INDEX