The lion, the lily, and the leopard : the crown and nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the struggle for power (1100-1204) / by Melissa Pollock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollock, Melissa, author.

Contributor:

Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Series:

Medieval identities, socio-cultural spaces ; v. 4.

Medieval identities : socio-cultural spaces ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--France.

Great Britain.

France.

France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

England--Foreign relations--Scotland.

England.

Scotland--Foreign relations--England.

Scotland.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1066-1485.

Physical Description:

viii, 523 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2015]

Summary:

This book examines the relationship between and identities within the three kingdoms of Scotland, France, and England from 1100 until the crown of England lost Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1204. Diplomatic and political relations were unique in the twelfth century because the three kingdoms were united by a ruling class that spanned the Channel. This aristocratic, Anglo-French structure beginning with the Norman invasion in 1066 disrupted and delayed the development of a unitary national identity within each of the three kingdoms. Men and women identified themselves with more than one royal overload as long as they held fees multiple kings and, as such, national identify was a moveable feast. This situation created a complex political web that often damaged consistent loyalty to any one king or overlord, as each member of a kin group changed alliances based on territorial threats and on the interests of their familial networks. Furthermore, alliances formed between families in the Anglo-French realm had a significant impact on political decision-making in Scotland because the Anglo-French Scors were intimately bound to this structure through their own kin networks and land bases. Significantly, this work dispels the prevailing myth that the Anglo-French Who settled in Scotland did not see themselves as part of the cross Channel world but as 'Scots' by the end of the twelfth century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Image and Identity 33

Chapter 2 The Scottish Marriage Market and the Continent 55

Chapter 3 The Scots and the War of Succession, 1135-53 111

Chapter 4 Identity Challenged: Restructuring and Change in the Three Kingdoms, 1154-73 149

Chapter 5 William the Lion and the Great War of 1173 199

Chapter 6 Williams, Henry, and the End of the Great War 287

Chapter 7 King William and King Richard 337

Chapter 8 The Loss of Normandy and the Three Kingdoms 383.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

ISBN:

2503540406

9782503540405

OCLC:

910283525

Publisher Number:

99963740385