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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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.


