Heinemann Advanced History: Medieval England 1042-1228The only A Level book on the market covering medieval History |
Contents
The Norman Conquest of England | 1 |
Who would succeed Edward the Confessor? | 12 |
Why did William the Conqueror win the Battle | 26 |
How did the Normans secure the kingdom? | 37 |
The governance of AngloNorman England | 53 |
How did society change after the Conquest? | 68 |
The AngloNorman Church | 85 |
AS Assessment | 100 |
Was the reign of King Stephen a period of anarchy? | 122 |
The reign of Henry II | 135 |
Good King Richard bad King John? 157 | 159 |
How did English society develop in the twelfth century? | 187 |
Church and Crown | 210 |
A2 Assessment | 227 |
Bibliography | 233 |
The reign of Henry I | 108 |
Common terms and phrases
abbeys abbots ADVANCED HISTORY KEY Angevin Angevin empire Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman England Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anjou Anselm Aquitaine Archbishop of Canterbury army barons Battle of Hastings Bayeux Tapestry became Becket bishops brother castles cathedral charter Church Conqueror coronation Count court Crown crusade customs death Domesday Book duchy duke of Normandy Earl earldoms Edward the Confessor Eleanor English estates Exchequer father feudal fitzOsbern France Geoffrey Godwin Harold HEINEMANN ADVANCED HISTORY heir Henry II Henry's household inheritance invasion John's judgement justice justiciar KEY EVIDENCE KEY TERM King John king of England king's kingdom kingship knights land Lanfranc London lord Magna Carta marriage Matilda Medieval England military monks Norman Conquest oath papal peace Philip Pope Ranulf rebellion rebels reform reign of Henry Richard Robert Roger Roger of Salisbury royal Rufus Salisbury Saxon Scotland sheriffs shire society sources Stephen succession thegns throne twelfth century Wales Wessex William Clito William Marshal Winchester