Henry I /C. Warren Hollister ; edited and completed by Amanda Clark Frost.
Hollister, C. Warren 1930-
Henry I /C. Warren Hollister ; edited and completed by Amanda Clark Frost. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2001. - 1 online resource (xvii, 554 pages, 12. pages of plates) : illustrations, 1 map. - Yale English monarchs series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
List of illustrations -- Foreword by Jeffrey Burton Russell -- Editor's preface -- Note on abbreviations and references -- Map: the Norman Empire -- The Anglo-Norman family -- Setting and sources -- Childhood and youth -- Kingship and defense -- The loss of investiture and the winning of Normandy -- Administrative reforms and international triumphs -- The wheel of fortune -- The last battles -- King and Magnates -- Law and governance -- King and Church -- Final years and conclusion -- Appendix: Charter attestations and the royal entourage -- Bibliography -- Index.
This work provides a biography of Henry I, who ruled from 1100 to 1135. It offers a reassessment of Henry's character and reign, challenging the dated portrait of the king as brutal, greedy and repressive, arguing that his rule was based on order.
9780300143720
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135.
Henry, I, King of England, 1068-1135.
Henri Ier, roi d'Angleterre, 1068-1135.
Electronic Books.
DA198 / .H467 2001
Henry I /C. Warren Hollister ; edited and completed by Amanda Clark Frost. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2001. - 1 online resource (xvii, 554 pages, 12. pages of plates) : illustrations, 1 map. - Yale English monarchs series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
List of illustrations -- Foreword by Jeffrey Burton Russell -- Editor's preface -- Note on abbreviations and references -- Map: the Norman Empire -- The Anglo-Norman family -- Setting and sources -- Childhood and youth -- Kingship and defense -- The loss of investiture and the winning of Normandy -- Administrative reforms and international triumphs -- The wheel of fortune -- The last battles -- King and Magnates -- Law and governance -- King and Church -- Final years and conclusion -- Appendix: Charter attestations and the royal entourage -- Bibliography -- Index.
This work provides a biography of Henry I, who ruled from 1100 to 1135. It offers a reassessment of Henry's character and reign, challenging the dated portrait of the king as brutal, greedy and repressive, arguing that his rule was based on order.
9780300143720
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135.
Henry, I, King of England, 1068-1135.
Henri Ier, roi d'Angleterre, 1068-1135.
Electronic Books.
DA198 / .H467 2001