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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jordan, William Chester, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • England and France in the early thirteenth century
  • Two great monasteries and two young men
  • The Treaty of Paris
  • The best of times, the worst of times
  • A monumental rivalry
  • Two royal successions
  • The abbeys in the new regimes
  • Diplomacy and governance
  • Epilogue.