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A biography of King Stephen (1134-54), the last Norman monarch whose reign was key in English history as well as the subject of much controversial assessment. Traditionally regarded as a period of anarchy and civil war, recent research has presented a more balanced perspective.
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This is an authoritative account of the troubled reign of King Stephen by David Crouch, a leading scholar of the Anglo-Norman world. KEY TOPICS He examines every aspect of the period including the king and empress, the aristocracy, the Church, government and the nation as large, showing particularly how in Stephen's reign the idea of England as a separate entity acquired significant meaning. He also examines the wider dimensions of the story, in Scotland, Wales, Normandy and elsewhere. The book is paints a convincing picture of a complex age which, for all its dislocations and local conflicts, adds up to far more than the general anarchy of tradition. For anyone interested in early English history or medieval history. ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER: 0-582-22658-9.
"This is quite the best study to have been devoted to a complicated and still somewhat mysterious period... (it) recasts an entire period of English history..." Times Literary Supplement 'a useful and timely book...It goes probably about as far as we ever can with this neglected king' Speculum
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- PublisherLongman
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0582226589
- ISBN 13 9780582226586
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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