The Royal Bastards of Twelfth Century England: Power and Blood 9781399067362, 9781399067348

The Royal Bastards of Twelfth Century England: Power and Blood 9781399067348

The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate rel

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The Royal Bastards of Medieval England 9781003813446, 9781032635217, 0710200250, 9781032635231, 9781032635224, 1003813445

First published in 1984, The Royal Bastards of Medieval England establishes a list of royal bastards in medieval England

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The royal bastards of medieval England [1 ed.] 0710200250, 9781032635217, 9781032635231, 9781032635224, 9780710200259

This book examines the nature of the family in medieval society, and why illegitimacy, which was so much condemned in th

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Laughter and Power in the Twelfth Century 0198843542, 9780198843542

Towards the end of the twelfth century, powerful images of laughing kings and saints began to appear in texts circulatin

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Justice and mercy: Moral theology and the exercise of law in twelfth-century England 9781526125354

This study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises

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Power and Justice in Medieval England: The Law of Patronage and the Royal Courts 9780300164718

How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law

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Justice and mercy: Moral theology and the exercise of law in twelfth-century England 1526125366, 9781526125361

This book examines one of the most fundamental issues in twelfth-century English politics: justice. It demonstrates that

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Justice and Mercy: Moral Theology and the Exercise of Law in Twelfth-Century England 152612534X, 9781526125347

'Justice and mercy' argues that our understanding of the creation of the English common law cannot be complete

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The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government 9781400874316

Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into t

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Blood Royal 9781681774831

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