A Tale of Two Monasteries : Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century /
A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2009]
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Edición: | Course Book |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- TECHNICAL MATTERS: CURRENCIES, CALENDARS, NOMENCLATURE
- CHAPTER I. England and France in the Early Thirteenth Century
- CHAPTER II Two Great Monasteries and Two Young Men
- CHAPTER III. The Treaty of Paris
- CHAPTER IV. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
- CHAPTER V. A Monumental Rivalry
- CHAPTER VI. Two Royal Successions
- CHAPTER VII. The Abbeys in the New Regimes
- CHAPTER VIII. Diplomacy and Governance
- CHAPTER IX. Epilogue
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX