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Author: R. R. Davies (Chichele Professor of Medieval History, Chichele Professor of Medieval History, All Souls College, Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.507kg
ISBN: 9780198208495
ISBN 10: 0198208499
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 October 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
`This is a book to which one can return again and again for new ideas and inspiration.' Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History, vol. 29, no. 2 `we are treated to a succession of persuasive challenges to traditional historiographical perspectives, and of tepting invitations to look again at the medieval history of these islands.' Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History, vol. 29, no. 2 `another brilliant book ... the quality of thought and exposition here cannot be over-stated.' Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History, vol. 29, no. 2 `stimulating and satisfying book that will prompt much useful debate' History, vol. 86, no. 284 `a thoughtful analysis of Anglo-Norman kingship and its insatiably predatory aristocracy in their competition with native princes and with each other for control of great swaths of the British Isles.' R.R.Davies, Times Literary Supplement, Friday 16th March 2001. `A lively account of English Medieval History ... an exciting read.' Church Times, Gillian Evans.
Davies's book presents a thoroughly coherent and convincing portrait of this significant period in the history of Britain and Ireland ... an illuminating study. Welsh History Review New and important evidence is marshalled to support Davies's thesis in every essay, and wisdom drips from every page ... Davies's omnicompetence in handling primary texts of all genres is surpassed only by quite the most encyclopaedic familiarity with a monumental corpus of secondary writing ... Nothing one is likely to read on this subject again in one's lifetime can surpass Rees Davies's The First English Empire. English Historical Review Another brilliant book ... the quality of thought and exposition here cannot be over-stated ... we are treated to a succession of persuasive challenges to traditional historiographical perspectives, and of tempting invitations to look again at the medieval history of these islands ... This is a book to which one can return again and again for new ideas and inspiration. Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History Stimulating and satisfying book that will prompt much useful debate. History A thoughtful analysis of Anglo-Norman kingship and its insatiably predatory aristocracy in their competition with native princes and with each other for control of great swaths of the British Isles. R.R.Davies, Times Literary Supplement A lively account of English Medieval History ... an exciting read. Church Times This is a book to which one can return again and again for new ideas and inspiration. Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History
Author Information
Currently Chairman of the Modern History Faculty, University of Oxford, and a former President of the Royal Historical Society, R. R. Davies is Chichele Professor of Medieval History at All Souls College, Oxford. The book is based on his Ford Lectures.
