Medieval statecraft and the perspectives of history : essays by Joseph Strayer

This collection of essays by the eminent historian Joseph Strayer makes available in one volume his important shorter studies on the central theme of the political, constitutional, and institutional history of France and England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Originally published in 1971. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Cover Contents Editors' Note Foreword by Gaines Post List of Abbreviations I. Normandy 1. The Writ of Novel Disseisin in Normandy at the End of the Thirteenth Century 2. Economic Conditions in the County of Beaumont-le-Roger, 1261-1313 3. A Forged Charter of Henry II for Bival 4. On the Early Norman Charters, 911-1066 5. Normandy and Languedoc II. Feudalism 6. The Two Levels of Feudalism 7. The Development of Feudal Institutions 8. The Tokugawa Period and Japanese Feudalism III. Crusades 9. The Crusade Against Aragon 10. The Political Crusades of the Thirteenth Century 11. The Crusades of Louis IX IV. Philip the Fair 12. Philip the Fair—a "Constitutional" King 13. Viscounts and Viguiers Under Philip the Fair 14. Pierre De Chalon and the Origins of the French Customs Service 15. Italian Bankers and Philip the Fair V. Problems of State-Building 16. The Laicization of French and English Society in the Thirteenth Century 17. The Statute of York and the Community of the Realm 18. Defense of the Realm and Royal Power in France 19. France: The Holy Land, the Chosen People, and the Most Christian King 20. The Promise of the Fourteenth Century 21. The State and Religion: An Exploratory Comparison in Different Cultures 22. Empires—Some Reflections on Roman and Modern Imperialism 23. The First Western Union 24. The Historical Experience of Nation-Building in Europe 25. Problems of Dictatorship: The Russian Experience VI. The Teaching of History 26. Introduction to the Interpretation of History 27. United States History and World History 28. The Teaching of World Cultures: A Historian's Viewpoint 29. Graduate Training in the Humanities Bibliography of Joseph R. Strayer Index This collection of essays by the eminent historian Joseph Strayer makes available in one volume his important shorter studies on the central theme of the political, constitutional, and institutional history of France and England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905