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title	:	The English in the Twelfth Century : Imperialism, National Identity, and Political Values
author	:	Gillingham, John.
publisher	:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin	:	0851157327
print isbn13	:	9780851157320
ebook isbn13	:	9780585259109
language	:	English
subject	Great Britain--History--Norman period, 1066-1154, Great Britain--History--Angevin period, 1154-1216, National characteristics, English--History--To 1500, Political science--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Nationalism--England--History--To 1500, Imperiali
publication date	:	2000
lcc	:	DA195.G55 2000eb
ddc	:	942
subject	:	Great Britain--History--Norman period, 1066-1154, Great Britain--History--Angevin period, 1154-1216, National characteristics, English--History--To 1500, Political science--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Nationalism--England--History--To 1500, Imperiali

Page i The English in the Twelfth Century Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values Six of the greatest twelfth-century historians - William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Geoffrey Gaimar, Roger of Howden, and Gerald of Wales - are analysed in this collection of essays, focusing on their attitudes to three inter-related aspects of English history. The first theme is the rise of the new and condescending perception which regarded the Irish, Scots and Welsh as barbarians; set against the background of socio-economic and cultural change in England, it is argued that this imperialist perception created a fundamental divide in the history of the British Isles, one to which Geoffrey of Monmouth responded immediately and brilliantly. The second theme treats chivalry not as a mere gloss upon the brutal realities of life, but as an important development in political morality; and it reconsiders some of the old questions associated with chivalric values and knightly obligations - home-grown products or imports from France? The third theme is the emergence of a new sense of Englishness after the traumas of the Norman Conquest, looking at the English invasion of Ireland and the making of English history. JOHN GILLINGHAM is Emeritus Professor of History at the London School of Economics.

Page iii The English in the Twelfth Century Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values John Gillingham THE BOYDELL PRESS

Page iv This updated collection John Gillingham 2000 All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 2000 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge ISBN 0 85115 732 7 The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA website: http://www.boydell.co.uk A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gillingham, John The English in the twelfth century : imperialism, national identity, and political values/John Gillingham p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-85115-732-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Great Britain - History - Norman period, 10661154. 2. Great Britain - History - Angevin period, 11541216. 3. National characteristics, English - History - To 1500. 4. Political science Great Britain - History - To 1500. 5. Nationalism - England - History To 1500. 6. Imperialism - History - To 1500. I. Title. DA195.G55 2000 942-dc21 99-13479 This publication is printed on acid-free paper Typeset by Joshua Associates Ltd., Oxford Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire

Page v To Rees for friendship and inspiration

Page vii CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction: The English in the Twelfth Century xv Part One. Imperialism 1. The Beginnings of English Imperialism 3 2. The Context and Purposes of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain 19 3. Conquering the Barbarians: War and Chivalry in Britain and Ireland 41 4. Henry II, Richard I and the Lord Rhys 59 5. The Travels of Roger of Howden and his Views of the Irish, Scots and Welsh 69 6. The Foundations of a Disunited Kingdom 93 Part Two. National Identity 7. Gaimar, the Prose Brut and the Making of English History 113 8. Henry of Huntingdon and the Twelfth-Century Revival of the English Nation 123 9. The English Invasion of Ireland 145 Part Three. Values and Structures

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