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The author and acclaimed historian of this book, originally published in 1926, was a strong advocate for the use of original source documents in the study of history, maintaining that applying historical criticism to documents, and balancing one document against another was a process of ‘the highest educational value’. He compiled this volume with the aim of giving easy access to the more important documents of political history for the period between the Norman Conquest and the Accession of the House of Tudor. All the documents are translated into English from French or Latin and important documents, such as the Magna Carta are given in their entirety. The plan and arrangement of the documents is based on the belief that the political history of the Middle Ages is best understood in the light of social, economic and cultural evolution.

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Author:   R. Trevor Davies
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.950kg
ISBN:  

9781041000990

ISBN 10:   1041000995
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   08 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1.The Norman Conquest i) Domesday Book – Motives for its Formation; Extracts; Statistics ii). William of Malmesbury’s account of the Norman Conquest iii). An Estimate of William the Conqueror from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 2. The constitutional Struggle Between the Brons and the Monarchy 3. The Catholic Church 4. Trade Guilds and Universities 5. The Age of the Crusades i) The First Crusade: Extract from William of Malmesbury’s Chronicle of the Kings of England ii) Extracts from the Itinerarium Kambriae of Giraldus Cambrensis iii) Extracts from Joinville’s Chronicle of the Crusade of St. Louis iv) Extracts from the Voyages and Travels of ‘Sir John Maundeville’ v) Extracts from the Works of Roger Bacon 6. The Hundred Years’ War i) The Military Exploits: Froissart’s Account of the Battle of Creçy ii) The War and the Church 7. The Black Death i) The Statute of Labourers, 1349 ii) The Second Statute of Labourers, 1351 iii) Population of England as Recorded in the Poll-Tax Accounts of 1377 and 1381 iv) Extracts from the Prologue of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales v) The Vision of Piers Plowman: Prologue and Parts of Passus I 8. The Decline of Medieval Civilization i) A Selection from the Paston Letters ii) Extracts from the Stonor Papers 9. The End of the Middle Ages i) The Libel of English Policy ii) Extracts from More’s History of King Richard III

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R. Trevor Davies was Professor of History at the University of Oxford and Vice-Principal of Culham College.

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