Writers Of The Reign Of Henry Ii
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Author | : Ruth Kennedy |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2006-05-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781403966445 |
This collection is the work of scholars on Middle English, Insular French and Medieval Latin writings of the late twelfth century in England and its possessions, when an English-speaking populace was ruled by a French-speaking aristocracy and administered by a Latin-speaking and writing clergy. The political discourses of Henry's reign are acknowledged, developed and ironised within the first real flowering of so many vernacular genres, romance and history in particular. The energetic and intrepid writers of this period are examined in relation to the development of social institutions and emergent ideas of 'nationhood', as the literature of Henry's court is shown to act as an echo-chamber within which anxieties about the proper exercise of power in a legal order founded on martial conquest could be reflected and soothed.
Author | : R. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137088559 |
This collection of work studies the often neglected writers of the second half of the twelfth century in England. At this time three languages competed for recognition and prestige and carved out their own spaces, while an English-speaking populace was ruled by a French-speaking aristocracy and administered by a Latin-speaking and writing clergy.
Author | : Emilie Amt |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780851153483 |
Detailed examination of the steps by which Henry II negotiated peace and established the authority of his government.
Author | : Wilfred Lewis Warren |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 750 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780520022829 |
Henry II was an enigma to contemporaries, and has excited widely divergent judgements ever since. Dramatic incidents of his reign, such as his quarrel with Archbishop Becket and his troubled relations with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons, have attracted the attention of historical novelists, playwrights and filmmakers, but with no unanimity of interpretation. That he was a great king there can be no doubt. Yet his motives and intentions are not easy to divine, and it is Professor Warren's contention that concentration on the great crises of the reign can lead to distortion. This book is therefore a comprehensive reappraisal of the reign based, with rare understanding, on contemporary sources; it provides a coherent and persuasive revaluation of the man and the king, and is, in itself, an eloquent and impressive achievement.
Author | : Francis Bacon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Christopher Harper-Bill |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781843833406 |
Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs & domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, & his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers of his time. Best known for his dramatic conflicts, it was also a crucial period in the evolution of legal & governmental institutions.
Author | : Charity L. Urbanski |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2013-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801469716 |
Writing History for the King is at once a reassessment of the reign of Henry II of England (1133–1189) and an original contribution to our understanding of the rise of vernacular historiography in the high Middle Ages. Charity Urbanski focuses on two dynastic histories commissioned by Henry: Wace’s Roman de Rou (c. 1160–1174) and Benoît de Sainte-Maure’s Chronique des ducs de Normandie (c. 1174–1189). In both cases, Henry adopted the new genre of vernacular historical writing in Old French verse in an effort to disseminate a royalist version of the past that would help secure a grip on power for himself and his children. Wace was the first to be commissioned, but in 1174 the king abruptly fired him, turning the task over to Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Urbanski examines these histories as part of a single enterprise intended to cement the king’s authority by enhancing the prestige of Henry II’s dynasty. In a close reading of Wace’s Rou, she shows that it presented a less than flattering picture of Henry’s predecessors, in effect challenging his policies and casting a shadow over the legitimacy of his rule. Benoît de Sainte-Maure’s Chronique, in contrast, mounted a staunchly royalist defense of Anglo-Norman kingship. Urbanski reads both works in the context of Henry’s reign, arguing that as part of his drive to curb baronial power he sought a history that would memorialize his dynasty and solidify its claim to England and Normandy.
Author | : Matthew Lewis |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2021-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445671573 |
The powerful medieval couple who formed an empire beyond England, and whose children included Richard the Lionheart and King John.
Author | : Joseph Berington |
Publisher | : Kessinger Publishing |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2009-04 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781104310349 |
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author | : Matthew Strickland |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2016-09-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0300219555 |
This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father’s lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II’s great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Yet, consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. In this remarkable history, Matthew Strickland provides a richly colored portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.