Kings and Lords in Conquest England (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 15)

This is a study of landholding and alliance in England in the years 950 to 1086, a period in which the fortunes of lay lords and their families rose and fell dramatically. It was also a period of dizzying tenurial change, in which the fluctuations in landed wealth and alliances shed light on the economic and geographic balance between the monarchy and the aristocracy, and on how this balance helped shape Conquest England. A number of key historical issues are investigated: the impact of Cnut's conquest on England, the quality of Edward the Confessor's kingship, the means by which the Norman settlement was carried out, and the effects on England of William's conquest. The book will become the standard work on the often volatile relationship between the king and the great lords in this key transitional period, and is one of the most stimulating and original contributions to Conquest studies. This is a study of landholding and alliance in England in the years 950 to 1086, a period in which the fortunes of lay lords and their families rose and fell dramatically. It was also a period of dizzying tenurial change, in which the fluctuations in landed wealth and alliances shed light on the economic and geographic balance between the monarchy and the aristocracy, and on how this balance helped shape Conquest England. A number of key historical issues are investigated: the impact of Cnut's conquest on England, the quality of Edward the Confessor's kingship, the means by which the Norman settlement was carried out, and the effects on England of William's conquest. The book will become the standard work on the often volatile relationship between the king and the great lords in this key transitional period, and is one of the most stimulating and original contributions to Conquest studies. -- Provided by publisher Landholding And Lliance In Late Saxon England -- Cnut's Conquest And The Destruction Of The Royal Kindred -- New Men And The Waning Of The West Saxon Monarchy -- Domesday Book And The Tenurial Revolution -- Territories And Time -- Private Enterprise And The Norman Settlement -- Aristocratic Landholding And Royal Power In The Eleventh Century. Robin Fleming. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 232-248) And Index.. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records, in exhausting and imaginative detail, the descent of King Alfred's father through Woden, Noah, Enoch and Adam.