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Henry I / C. Warren Hollister ; edited and completed by Amanda Clark Frost.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Yale English monarchsPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, [(c)2001.]Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 554 pages, [12. pages of plates) : illustrations, 1 mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300143720
  • 0300143729
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DA198
Online resources:
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Item type: Online Book
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Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction DA198 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn907375996

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.

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