The Medieval Foundations of England / / G. O. Sayles.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sayles, G. O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]; ©1950
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FOREWORD --; CONTENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY BEFORE 871 --; CHAPTER II. THE EARLY CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS --; CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND --; CHAPTER IV. THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS POLITICAL UNITY --; CHAPTER V. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY, 871–1066 --; CHAPTER VI. THE INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN --; CHAPTER VII. THE SALVATION OF WESSEX --; CHAPTER VIII. THE CONVERSION OF THE WESSEX KINGSHIP INTO AN ENGLISH MONARCHY, 899–975 --; CHAPTER IX. ST. DUNSTAN AND THE REVIVAL OF THE CHURCH --; CHAPTER Χ. THE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION OF ENGLAND --; CHAPTER XI. THE STRUCTURE OF ANGLO-SAXON SOCIETY --; CHAPTER XII. THE IMPACT OF SCANDINAVIAN AND ANGLOSAXON CIVILIZATIONS --; CHAPTER XIII. THE LAST ENGLISH KINGS --; CHAPTER XIV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF ENGLAND 899–1066 --; CHAPTER XV. CHURCH AND CULTURE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY --; CHAPTER XVI. THE FEUDALIZATION OF SOCIETY BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST --; CHAPTER XVII. THE IMPACT OF THE NORMANS UPON ANGLO-SAXON CIVILIZATION --; CHAPTER XVIII. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES --; CHAPTER XIX. ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE NORMAN MONARCHY --; CHAPTER XX. THE LESSONS OF ANARCHY --; CHAPTER XXI. THE NEW MONARCHY --; CHAPTER XXII. THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE --; CHAPTER XXIII. ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THE KING --; CHAPTER XXIV. THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF MONARCHY --; CHAPTER XXV. THE STRIVINGS TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION --; CHAPTER XXVI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES --; CHAPTER XXVII. THE MEDIEVAL PARLIAMENTS OF ENGLAND --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512820997; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512820997
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. O. Sayles.

A history of ideas in action, The Medieval Foundations of England covers a period of a thousand years of historical development—social, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural as well as political. The fundamental problems of medieval life in England are discussed in relation to the recent research.