The First English Empire: Power and Identities in the British Isles 1093-1343
The future of the United Kingdom is an increasingly open question. This book traces the issue's roots 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 BritishIsles. Ireland, Scotland, and Wales had, in different degrees, been subjugated to his authority; contemporaries were even comparing him to King Arthur. This was the culmination of a remarkable English advance into the outer zones of the British Isles in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Theadvance was not only a matter of military power, political control,…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-820849-5
- EAN: 9780198208495
- Produktnummer: 22685345
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H24.5 cm x B16.3 cm x D1.9 cm 517 g
- Auflage: New
- Reihenbandnummer: 1998
- Gewicht: 517
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Currently Chairman of the Modern History Faculty, University of Oxford, and a former President of the Royal Historical Society, R. R. Davies is Chichele Professor of Medieval History at All Souls College, Oxford. The book is based on his Ford Lectures.
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