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

Published London: Methuen, 1964 revised reprint (original edition was 1948).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 140x220x36mm.
Page count: xxv,482pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is worn with some staining, especially on its spine; some heavy foxing on the page edges and endpapers; some light pencil marking (including underlining) on at least four pages.


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Weight without packaging: 664g.

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NB: the foundations discussed are historical & constitutional rather than specifically ecclesiastical.

Contents: Britain in the eye of the Anglo-Saxon settlements; Sources of history before 871; Early conquests & settlements; Conversion of England; Movement towards political unity; Sources of history 871-1066; Invasion of the Northmen; Salvation of Wessex; Conversion of Wessex kingship into an English monarchy; St. Dunstan & revival of the Church; Agricultural foundation of England; Structure of Anglo-Saxon society; Impact of Scandinavian & Anglo-Saxon civlization; The last English kings; Administrative history, 899-1066; Church & culture in the 11th c.; Feudalization before the Norman Conquest; Impact of the Normans upon Anglo-Saxon civilization; Sources of history in the 12th & 13th cc.; Administration under the Norman monarchy; Lessons of anarchy; The new monarchy; Religious revival & intellectual renaissance; Administration without the king; Circumscripton of monarchy; Striving towards constitutional opposition; Social & economic developments in the 12th & 13th cc.; Medieval parliaments of England.


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