Unification and conquest : a political and social history of England in the tenth and eleventh centuries

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Unification and conquest : a political and social history of England in the tenth and eleventh centuries

Pauline Stafford

E. Arnold, 1989

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Bibliography: p. [217]

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: pbk ISBN 9780713165326

Description

The focus of this book is the political and social repercussions of the unification of the English kingdoms under one ruler in the 10th century and the two conquests of the unified kingdom in the 11th. It provides a detailed survey of English history between the death of Alfred and that of William.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1: Historical writing in England, late ninth to early twelth century
  • Edward to Eadred, 899 to 955
  • Eadwig to Athelred II, 955 to 1016
  • Cnut and his sons, 1016 to 1042
  • Edward the Confessor to Harold, 1042 to 1066
  • 1066 and after
  • England and its neighbours. Part 2: ruling the kingdom
  • the nobility
  • family, marriage and women
  • the church
  • the economy.
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ISBN 9780713166194

Description

The focus of this book is the political and social repercussions of the unification of the English kingdoms under one ruler in the 10th century and the two conquests of the unified kingdom in the 11th. It provides a detailed survey of English history between the death of Alfred and that of William.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1: historical writing in England, late 9th to early 12th century
  • Edward to Eadred, 899 to 955
  • Eadwig to Athelred II, 955 to 1016
  • Cnut and his sons, 1016 to 1042
  • Edward the Confessor to Harold, 1042 to 1066
  • 1066 and after
  • England and its neighbours. Part 2: ruling the kingdom
  • the nobility
  • family, marriage and women
  • the Church
  • the economy.

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