The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204): Studies in the History of the Angevin EmpireUniversity Press, 1913 - 603 pages |
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... lands which were the centre of imperial strength . It was in these that feudalism first became the basis of a real state . I have laid stress upon the diversity in the political condition and in the history of the various lands which ...
... lands which were the centre of imperial strength . It was in these that feudalism first became the basis of a real state . I have laid stress upon the diversity in the political condition and in the history of the various lands which ...
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... lands , that the geographical divisions were secondary and subject to change , and that the power of the overlord had grown through the development of the demesne , combined with the activities of a central civil service . In this ...
... lands , that the geographical divisions were secondary and subject to change , and that the power of the overlord had grown through the development of the demesne , combined with the activities of a central civil service . In this ...
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... lands of their vassals was very marked . The old sub- divisions , or vicaria , lost their importance in Poitou as they did in Anjou and were absorbed by the new feudal areas whose lords had acquired all the privileges of jurisdiction ...
... lands of their vassals was very marked . The old sub- divisions , or vicaria , lost their importance in Poitou as they did in Anjou and were absorbed by the new feudal areas whose lords had acquired all the privileges of jurisdiction ...
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... lands are evidently lands stocked , or to be stocked , with warriors ( milites ) and were to be granted in return for service . Before 1066 the Norman dukes were able to regard their country as divided for the most part into a certain ...
... lands are evidently lands stocked , or to be stocked , with warriors ( milites ) and were to be granted in return for service . Before 1066 the Norman dukes were able to regard their country as divided for the most part into a certain ...
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... lands of the lower Rhine ; but the Norman system possessed one characteristic of great importance , which was typical of Norman genius . In Picardy the fief of the tenant- in - chief was the unit and paid the same service whether it ...
... lands of the lower Rhine ; but the Norman system possessed one characteristic of great importance , which was typical of Norman genius . In Picardy the fief of the tenant- in - chief was the unit and paid the same service whether it ...
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administration Alençon Angevin Angoulême Anjou Aquitaine archbishop of Rouen Argentan Arques Arthur Aumâle bailiff bailiwick barons bishop Brittany Caen Cart Cartellieri castellan castle Chart charter Château-Gaillard Chinon chronicle Coggeshall Comtes de Poitou count of Flanders court custumal defence Delaborde Delisle demesne Diceto Drincourt ducal duchy earl England English Historical Review Evreux exchequer rolls Falaise Farm feudal fiefs fortress French Geoffrey Gisors Glapion granted Guillaume le Maréchal Halphen Henry Historiens de France homage honour Howden Ibid important John's King John king of France King Philip King Richard knights lands letter lord Lusignan Marshal mercenaries military Mortain Norm Norman Vexin officials parage peace Philip Augustus Poitevin Poitou prepositura quod Red Book regis reign Rigord Robert of Torigni royal Scacc seneschal seqq siege Stapleton Statuta et consuetudines surrender Tardif Thouars Tillières Touraine treaty truce twelfth century vassals Vaudreuil Verneuil Vernon viscounty William des Roches William the Breton
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