Jordan A Tale of Two Monasteries

Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3038-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Jordan, William Chester

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix

PREFACE xi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv

TECHNICAL MATTERS: CURRENCIES, CALENDARS, NOMENCLATURE xvii

CHAPTER I: England and France in the Early Thirteenth Century 1

CHAPTER II: Two Great Monasteries and Two Young Men 25

CHAPTER III: The Treaty of Paris 49

CHAPTER IV: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times 66

CHAPTER V: A Monumental Rivalry 100

CHAPTER VI: Two Royal Successions 130

CHAPTER VII: The Abbeys in the New Regimes 159

CHAPTER VIII: Diplomacy and Governance 182

CHAPTER IX: Epilogue 216

BIBLIOGRAPHY 223

INDEX 243

Über Autor(innen)

William Chester Jordan is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. His books include Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Thérines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians (Princeton) and Europe in the High Middle Ages.