The Plantagenet Empire 1154-1224: 1154-1224

The Plantagenet dynasty secured and then lost most of Western Europewithin the space of a century. In this new translation by David Crouch Martin Aurell revives the passion and politics, revolts and reversals of the Plantagenet Empire By 1125 young Henry II found himself the head of what was to become known as the Plantagenet Empire, a disparate conglomerate of lands stretching from Scotlandto the Pyrenees, From Ireland to Limousin, founded on both civil war and family ties. Through its three generations of existence civil war and familial passions were to be both the source of sustenance and ultimate destruction of the Empire. This retelling of the drama of the era includes: the murder of Thomas Beckett, advisor to Henry II and later bishop of Canterbury; the wars of rebellion of Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland against their father Henry II; the crusades of Richard the Lionheart culminating in his capture; and the eventual crumbling of the empire under the reign of Henry III at the hands of his father’s widow and Louis VIII. Aurell’s superb knowledge of the complex sources for the period uncovers a world where sophisticated decision making and modern political manoeuvring: a world where political spin and propaganda were deliberately employed by Plantagenet Kings in ideological warfare against their rivals.

The Plantagenet Empire 1154-1224

History

Aurell, Martin

Europe

Routledge

The Plantagenet dynasty secured and then lost most of Western Europewithin the space of a century. In this new translation by David Crouch Martin Aurell revives the passion and politics, revolts and reversals of the Plantagenet Empire  By 1125 young Henry II found himself the head of what was to become known as the Plantagenet Empire, a disparate conglomerate of lands stretching from Scotlandto the Pyrenees, From Ireland to Limousin, founded on both civil war and family ties. Through its three generations of existence civil war and familial passions were to be both the source of sustenance and ultimate destruction of the Empire. This retelling of the drama of the era includes: the murder of Thomas Beckett, advisor to Henry II and later bishop of Canterbury; the wars of rebellion of Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland  against their father Henry II; the crusades of Richard the Lionheart culminating in his capture; and the eventual crumbling of the empire under the reign of Henry III at the hands of his father’s widow and Louis VIII.  Aurell’s superb knowledge of the complex sources for the period uncovers a world where sophisticated decision making and modern political manoeuvring: a world where political spin and propaganda were deliberately employed by Plantagenet Kings in ideological warfare against their rivals.    

Aliénor d'Aquitaine

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Présentation des traits et de l'évolution de la noblesse tout au long du Moyen Âge : étude des critères de hiérarchie et du renouvellement d e cette catégorie sociale. TESTDu sénat à la chefferie (Ve - Xe siècle ). Fusion: le romain et le barbare. Pouvoir: l'État et la guerre. Cadr e de vie: la famille et la terre. Du noble au chevalier (XIe - fin XII e siècle). L'affirmation des châtelains indépendants. La montée des Pr ofessionnels de la guerre. La christianisation du groupe nobiliaire. D e la classe à l'ordre (fin XIIe - début XIVe siècle). Ordre, statut, i dentité. Pouvoir, violence et royauté. De l'épée à la robe (début XIVe  - XVe siècle). Contours du groupe nobiliaire. Succès de l'idéal guerr ier. Genre de vie aristocratique.

La noblesse en Occident (Ve-XVe siècle)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

ARMAND COLIN

L'empire des Plantagenêt 1154-1224

TEMPUS PERRIN

Une famille de la noblesse provençale au Moyen Age, les Porcelet (Archives du sud) (French Edition)

Aubanel

The encounter between knight and science could seem a paradox. It is nonetheless related with the intellectual Renaissance of Twelfth-Century, an essential movement for Western history. The knight is not only fighting in battles, but also moving in sophisticated courts. He is interested on Latin classics and reading, and even on his own poetry. He supports "jongleurs" and minstrels and he likes to have literary conversations with clerics, who try to reform his behaviour, which is often brutal. These lettered warriors, while improving they culture, learn how to repress their own violence and they are initiated to courtesy: selected language, measured gestures, elegance in dress, and manners at table. Their association with women, who are often learned, becomes more gallant. A mental revolution is acting among lay elites, who, in contact with clergy, use their weapons for common welfare. This new conduct is a sign of modernity.

The Lettered Knight: Knowledge and aristocratic behaviour in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

Central European University Press

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