Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066 - 1216

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The union of Normandy and England in 1066 recast the political map of western Europe and marked the beginning of a new era in the region's international history. This book is a groundbreaking investigation of the relations and exchanges between the county of Flanders and the Anglo-Norman realm. Among other important themes, it examines Anglo-Flemish diplomatic treaties and fiefs, international aristocratic culture, the growth of overseas commerce, immigration into England and the construction of new social and national identities. The century and a half between the conquest of England by the duke of Normandy and the conquest of Normandy by the king of France witnessed major revolutions in European society, politics and culture. This study explores the history of England, northern France and southern Low Countries in relation to each other during this period, giving fresh perspectives to the historical development of north-western Europe in the Central Middle Ages. Cover FLANDERS AND THE ANGLO-NORMAN WORLD, 1066–1216 Series Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS FIGURES, MAPS AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 POWER AND POLITICS IN FLANDERS AND THE ANGLO-NORMAN REGNUM EARLY POLITICAL FORMATION THE FLEMISH CONTEXT OF 1066 THE AFTERMATH OF THE CONQUEST ALLIANCES IN THE LATE ELEVENTH CENTURY ACCESSION AND ASCENDANCY OF HENRY I WILLIAM CLITO AND THE FLEMISH CIVIL WAR OF 1127–1128 COUNT THIERRY, KING STEPHEN AND EMPRESS MATILDA THE ACCESSION OF KING HENRY II INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND THE AFFAIR OF THOMAS BECKET THE ANGEVIN CIVIL WAR OF 1173–1174 CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION 1174–1183 RICHARD I AND JOHN, AND THE ASCENDANCY OF PHILIP II OF FRANCE THE PATH TO BOUVINES AND RUNNYMEDE Chapter 2 MILITARY TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC CULTURE THE 1101 AND 1110 TREATIES THE TREATY OF 1163 HOMAGE, AMBIGUITY AND ALLIANCE Chapter 3 ANGLO-FLEMISH DIPLOMACY DIPLOMATIC SOCIETY BARONIAL MONEY FIEFS THE FLEMISH TREATY FIEF DURING THE REIGN OF KING HENRY II THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TREATY FIEFS Chapter 4 TOURNAMENT IN ANGLO-FLEMISH SOCIETY LEADERSHIP AND POLITICS NETWORKING AND RECRUITMENT Chapter 5 THE POLITICS OF CROSS-CHANNEL COMMERCE URBANISATION AND TRADE TRAVEL AND SHIPPING CROSS-CHANNEL FINANCES TRADE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS Chapter 6 FLEMISH IMMIGRATION TO ENGLAND THE NORMAN CONQUEST FLEMISH ESTATES IN DOMESDAY BOOK OPPORTUNITIES AND NETWORKS EMIGRATION PRESSURES WITHIN FLANDERS FLEMISH COMMUNITIES IN WALES Chapter 7 SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE IMAGE OF FLEMINGS IN ENGLAND MID-TWELFTH-CENTURY PERCEPTIONS OF FLEMISH SOLDIERS WILLIAM OF YPRES AND THE MUTABILITY OF MERCENARY IDENTITY ENGLISH IDENTITY, AND FLEMINGS IN THE CHRONICLE OF JORDAN FANTOSME FLEMINGS IN ENGLISH HISTORICAL NARRATIVES OF THE LATER TWELFTH CENTURY CONCLUSION Appendix I TIMELINE Appendix II TREATY BETWEEN KING HENRY II AND COUNT THIERRY, AND HEIRS, DOVER, 19 MARCH 1163 BIBLIOGRAPHY MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED SOURCES ELECTRONIC RESOURCES SECONDARY LITERATURE UNPUBLISHED PHD THESES INDEX