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The first English empire : power and identities in the British Isles 1093-1343 /
The future of the United Kingdom is an increasingly vexed question. This book traces the roots of the issue to the middle ages, when English power and control came to extend to the whole of the British Isles. By 1300 it looked as if Edward I was in control of virtually the whole of the British Isles...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Ford lectures ;
1998. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Preface; Contents; Maps; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; 1: THE HIGH KINGSHIP OF THE BRITISH ISLES; 2: ISLAND MYTHOLOGIES; 3: ORBITS OF POWER; 4: POLITICAL HEARTLANDS AND POLITICAL BACKWATERS; 5: 'SWEET CIVILITY' AND 'BARBAROUS RUDENESS'; 6: THE ANGLICIZATION OF THE BRITISH ISLES; 7: THE EBB TIDE OF THE ENGLISH EMPIRE, 1304-1343; EPILOGUE: THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE IDENTITY OF ENGLAND; Index.