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Fresh perspectives on how we understand the complex nature of the Angevin lands.
At the time of his death in 1189, the lands which Henry II had brought under his rule through inheritance, marriage, and military might stretched from Northumbria to Gascony, and across the Irish Sea. This vast agglomeration, often described in English as "the Angevin empire", and in French as "l'espace Plantagenêt", was a dominant force in the politics of western Europe until its fragmentation under John, beginning with the loss of Normandy to the French king Philip Augustus in 1204. Yet beyond the forceful personalities of its rulers, what - if anything - bound these wide and disparate lands together? To what extent were they interconnected politically, economically and culturally?
This multi-disciplinary volume brings together specialists in history, literature, material culture, art history, and manuscript studies to approach these questions from a range of different perspectives. From the cultural interactions of courts, to political thought and symbols of power, the diffusion of historical writing, and practical responses of the Angevins to the challenges of governing, whether in Aquitaine or in Ireland, and of waging war in expansion or defence of their territories, this book aims to provoke fresh thinking regarding how we understand the complex nature of the Angevin lands.
Contents
'Introduction,' by Stephen Church.
'Armies of Empire? Military Interconnectivity in the Angevin Lands,' by Matthew Strickland.
'Practices of government: power and rule in the continental possessions of the Angevin Empire under the early Plantagenets,' by Maité Billoré and Frederic Boutoulle.
'Henry II's networking on the continent,' by Alheydis Plassmann.
'The image and experience of Angevin power in Anjou before and after 1154,' by Kathryn Dutton.
'The Angevin Empire in Britain and Ireland,' by Colin Veach.
'Gerald of Wales on Imperial Clemency and Angevin Tyranny in De principis instructione,' by Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn.
'Is it all about Empire? The Angevins through the Lens of Gift Giving,' by Jitske Jasperse.
'History Books in the Angevin World: Culture, Communication and Community,' by Laura Cleaver.
'The Sword in the Angevin Empire: Myth, Legend, Theology,' by Martin Aurell.
'Challenging "exceptionalism": Re-assessing twelfth-century Angevin-Aragonese relationships,' by Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo.
'The Image of the Angevin Kings and the "History" of the Histories of England in the Spanish-Speaking World,' by Bernardo Santano Moreno.
