Bibliography

Everard, J. A., Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158–1203, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xvii + 242 pp.

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Contributors

Everard (J. A.)

Work

Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158–1203

Place

Cambridge

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2000

Series

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series

Number of pages

xvii + 242

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Abstract (cited)

The rule of the Angevins in Brittany is characterized usually as opening an isolated 'Celtic' society to a wider world and imposing new and alien institutions. This study of Brittany under the Angevins, first published in 2000, demonstrates that the opposite is true: that before the advent of Henry II in 1158, the Bretons were already active participants in Anglo-Norman and French society. Indeed those Bretons with landholdings in England, Normandy and Anjou were already accustomed to Angevin rule. The book examines in detail the means by which Henry II gained sovereignty over Brittany and how it was governed subsequently by the Angevin kings of England from 1158 to 1203. In particular, it examines the extent to which the Angevins ruled Brittany directly, or delegated authority either to native dukes or royal ministers and shows that in this respect the nature of Angevin rule changed and evolved over the period.

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Subjects and topics

Headings

Brittany 12th century 13th century

“Introduction”

[1] “Ducal Brittany, 1066–1166”

[2] “Henry II and Brittany”

[3] “The government of Brittany under Henry II”

[4] “Duke Geoffrey and Brittany, 1166–86”

[5] “Duke Geoffrey, Henry II and the Angevin empire”

[6] “The end of Angevin Brittany, 1186–1203”

“Conclusion”