{"product_id":"the-english-in-the-twelfth-century-imperialism-national-identity-and-political-values-paperback","title":"The English in the Twelfth Century: Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn B. Gillingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefining essays on questions of newly-emerging English nationalism and the political importance of chivalric values and knightly obligations, as perceived by contemporary historians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix of the greatest twelfth-century historians - William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Geoffrey Gaimar, Roger of Howden, and Gerald of Wales - are analysed in this collection of essays, focusing on their attitudes to three inter-related aspects of English history. The first theme is the rise of the new and condescending perception which regarded the Irish, Scots and Welsh as barbarians; set against the background of socio-economic and cultural change in England, it is argued that this imperialist perception created a fundamental divide in the history of the British Isles, one to which Geoffrey of Monmouth responded immediately and brilliantly. The secondtheme treats chivalry not as a mere gloss upon the brutal realities of life, but as an important development in political morality; and it reconsiders some of the old questions associated with chivalric values and knightly obligations - home-grown products or imports from France? The third theme is the emergence of a new sense of Englishness after the traumas of the Norman Conquest, looking at the English invasion of Ireland and the making of English history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JOHN GILLINGHAM is Professor Emeritus, Department of History, London School of Economics.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418793492658,"sku":"9781843834250","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a486b247747fe01f5d9baa62e5b96630.webp?v=1778459642","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-english-in-the-twelfth-century-imperialism-national-identity-and-political-values-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}