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The Central Middle Ages: Reform, Revival, and Expansion
States in the Making: England and France
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States in the Making: England and France


I. England: King and Parliament [WEB: Medieval Sourcebook England]

  1. The Anglo-Saxon Heritage
  2. The Anglo-Norman State [TXT: William of Malmesbury: The Battle of Hastings, 1066, excerpts]
    1. Henry I
    2. The Empress Matilda
  1. Henry II (r.1152-1189) and the Angevin Empire [TXT: Orderic Vitalis: Ecclesiastical History [1075-1141]][TXT: Gerald of Wales: On Henry II and his Sons]
    1. Lands
    2. Common Law
    3. Becket [WEB: Thomas Becket Page]
  1. The Loss of the Angevin Empire
    1. John
    2. Magna Carta [TXT: Text: Magna Carta, 1215][WEB: British Libary: Magna Carta]
  1. Henry III (r. 1216-1272) and Baronial Government
  2. Edward I (r.1272-1307) and the Evolution of Parliament [TXT: Three Summonses to the Parliament 1295][2ND: Edward I Longshanks]

II. France: the Monarchy Triumphant [WEB: Medieval Sourcebook France]

  1. The Early Capetian Kings [TXT: Richer: The Election of Hugh Capet, 987]
  2. The Consolidation of the Royal Demesne [IMG: The Growth of the French Royal Domain, 1182-1350]
    1. Abbot Suger
  1. Philip II Augustus (r. 1180-1223) and the Extension of Royal Power
  2. Louis IX (r. 1226-1270) and Royal Sanctity [TXT: St. Louis: Advice to His Son][WEB: Scenes from the Life of St. Louis [BNF: 14th Cent MS Illustrations]]
  3. Philip IV the Fair (r. 1285-1314 and an Ascendant France [TXT: William of Hundlehy: The Outrage at Anagni, 1303 Philip IV of France's physical attack on Boniface VIII]

III. Iberian and German States: Some Considerations

IV. The States of Northern and Eastern Europe

  1. Mongols