The Medieval Foundations of England / G. O. Sayles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sayles, G. O., author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1950]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Here is a history of ideas in action, covering a period of a thousand years of historical development--social, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural as well as political. The fundamental problems of medieval life in England are discussed in relation to the most recent research.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY BEFORE 871

CHAPTER II. THE EARLY CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS

CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND

CHAPTER IV. THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS POLITICAL UNITY

CHAPTER V. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY, 871-1066

CHAPTER VI. THE INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN

CHAPTER VII. THE SALVATION OF WESSEX

CHAPTER VIII. THE CONVERSION OF THE WESSEX KINGSHIP INTO AN ENGLISH MONARCHY, 899-975

CHAPTER IX. ST. DUNSTAN AND THE REVIVAL OF THE CHURCH

CHAPTER Χ. THE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION OF ENGLAND

CHAPTER XI. THE STRUCTURE OF ANGLO-SAXON SOCIETY

CHAPTER XII. THE IMPACT OF SCANDINAVIAN AND ANGLOSAXON CIVILIZATIONS

CHAPTER XIII. THE LAST ENGLISH KINGS

CHAPTER XIV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF ENGLAND 899-1066

CHAPTER XV. CHURCH AND CULTURE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XVI. THE FEUDALIZATION OF SOCIETY BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST

CHAPTER XVII. THE IMPACT OF THE NORMANS UPON ANGLO-SAXON CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER XVIII. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES

CHAPTER XIX. ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE NORMAN MONARCHY

CHAPTER XX. THE LESSONS OF ANARCHY

CHAPTER XXI. THE NEW MONARCHY

CHAPTER XXII. THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE

CHAPTER XXIII. ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THE KING

CHAPTER XXIV. THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF MONARCHY

CHAPTER XXV. THE STRIVINGS TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION

CHAPTER XXVI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES

CHAPTER XXVII. THE MEDIEVAL PARLIAMENTS OF ENGLAND

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Jan 2018)

ISBN:

1-5128-2099-7

OCLC:

1024050122