Studies in Medieval History [Hardcover]

The question of what constitutes good and bad rulership in the central middle ages, in both theory and practice, is the linking theme in this latest volume of the Haskins Society Journal. The nine complementary papers range widely across the Carolingian world, Norman and Angevin England and southern Italy, and the Latin East, exploring contemporary attitudes to rule and rulers (especially kings), and the methods and symbolism of ruling, as well as the reputations of individual kings in modern historiography. Dr C.P. LEWIS teaches in the Department of History at the University of Liverpool. Contributors: JANET L. NELSON, STEPHANIE MOOERS CHRISTELOW, JEAN A. TRUAX, RALPH V. TURNER, BROCK W. HOLDEN, EMILIE AMT, G.A. LOUD, DAVID ABULAFIA, DEBORAH GERISHNew research on kings and kingship in the middle ages, in Britain and Europe.`Bad rulership in Angevin Italy: The Sicilian Vespers and their Ramifications'. - David Abulafia`The Reputation of the Sheriff, 1100-1216'. - Emilie M Amt`The True Cross and the Kings of Jerusalem'. - Deborah Gerish`The Royal Love in Anglo-Norman England: Fiscal or Courtly Concept?'. - Stephanie Mooers Christelow`The Balance of Patronage: King John and the Earl of Salisbury'. - Brock Holden`William the Bad or William the Unlucky? Kingship in Sicily 1154-1166'. - `Bad Kingship in he Earlier Middle Ages'. - Janet L Nelson`King Stephen, the Empress Matilda and the Politics of Personality'. - Jean A Truax`Good or Bad Kingship? The Case of Richard Lionheart'. - Ralph Turner