Diplomatic relations between the Anglo-Norman and Salian kingdoms -- Renovatio Regnorum et Archiepiscoporum: early Angevin-Staufen relations and the rise of Cologne -- Philip of Heinsberg, Henry the Lion, and Anglo-German relations: cooperation and regionalism -- Richard the Lionheart and Otto IV: itinerant kingship and the city of Cologne -- King John, Otto IV, and Cologne: a case study of kinship, kingship, and diplomacy between medieval political communities -- Cologne archbishops: territorialpolitick, marriage negotiations, and imperial relations with England -- Epilogue: the Quixotic kingship of Richard of Cornwall and Anglo-Cologne diplomacy during Edward I's reign
Summary
Integrates medieval Germany into western social history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-349) and index