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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sayles, G. O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]; ©1950
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)

A history of ideas in action, The Medieval Foundations of England covers a period of a thousand years of historical development—social, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural as well as political. The fundamental problems of medieval life in England are discussed in relation to the recent research.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY BEFORE 871 -- CHAPTER II. THE EARLY CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS -- CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND -- CHAPTER IV. THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS POLITICAL UNITY -- CHAPTER V. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY, 871–1066 -- CHAPTER VI. THE INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN -- CHAPTER VII. THE SALVATION OF WESSEX -- CHAPTER VIII. THE CONVERSION OF THE WESSEX KINGSHIP INTO AN ENGLISH MONARCHY, 899–975 -- CHAPTER IX. ST. DUNSTAN AND THE REVIVAL OF THE CHURCH -- CHAPTER Χ. THE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION OF ENGLAND -- CHAPTER XI. THE STRUCTURE OF ANGLO-SAXON SOCIETY -- CHAPTER XII. THE IMPACT OF SCANDINAVIAN AND ANGLOSAXON CIVILIZATIONS -- CHAPTER XIII. THE LAST ENGLISH KINGS -- CHAPTER XIV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF ENGLAND 899–1066 -- CHAPTER XV. CHURCH AND CULTURE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER XVI. THE FEUDALIZATION OF SOCIETY BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST -- CHAPTER XVII. THE IMPACT OF THE NORMANS UPON ANGLO-SAXON CIVILIZATION -- CHAPTER XVIII. THE SOURCES OF HISTORY IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES -- CHAPTER XIX. ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE NORMAN MONARCHY -- CHAPTER XX. THE LESSONS OF ANARCHY -- CHAPTER XXI. THE NEW MONARCHY -- CHAPTER XXII. THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE -- CHAPTER XXIII. ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THE KING -- CHAPTER XXIV. THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF MONARCHY -- CHAPTER XXV. THE STRIVINGS TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION -- CHAPTER XXVI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES -- CHAPTER XXVII. THE MEDIEVAL PARLIAMENTS OF ENGLAND -- INDEX