| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 245 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
England and France in the early thirteenth century -- Two great monasteries and two young men -- The Treaty of Paris -- The best of times, the worst of times -- A monumental rivalry -- Two royal successions -- The abbeys in the new regimes -- Diplomacy and governance -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis--two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century--and to do so through the lives and competing careers of the two men who ruled them, Richard de Ware of Westminster and Mathieu de Vendome of Saint-Denis. Esteemed historian William Jordan weaves a breathta |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Richard, de Ware, -1283.
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Mathieu, de Vendôme, approximately 1222-1286.
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| SUBJECT |
Mathieu, de Vendôme, -1286
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Richard, de Ware, -1283
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Mathieu, de Vendôme, approximately 1222-1286 fast |
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Richard, de Ware, -1283 fast |
| Subject |
Westminster Abbey -- History
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Abbaye de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Abbaye de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) fast |
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Westminster Abbey fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1216-1272. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056875
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France -- Politics and government -- 1226-1270. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051453
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| Subject |
France
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400830381 |
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1400830389 |
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0691139016 |
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9780691139012 |
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