ABSTRACT

This well-known text, the standard account of the subject, is essential reading for students and scholars of the Norman period from undergraduate level upwards, and was hailed on first publication as: " a landmark in twelfth-century studies." Written in the form of a biography this completely revised and updated edition discusses the significant social, governmental and religious developments as they arose in the course of the narrative.

chapter 1|11 pages

Parentage and Early Life, c. 1096–1135

chapter 2|10 pages

The Succession, 1135–1136

chapter 3|12 pages

Mistakes, 1136–1139

chapter 4|10 pages

The Empress and her Party, 1136–1140

chapter 5|8 pages

Disaster, 1140–1141

chapter 6|11 pages

Recovery, 1141

chapter 7|12 pages

A Second Start, 1142–1143

chapter 8|21 pages

Stalemate, 1143–1147

chapter 9|12 pages

The New Opposition, 1147–1149

chapter 10|17 pages

The Magnates' Peace, 1150–1154