{"product_id":"the-english-in-the-twelfth-john-gillingham-9781843834250","title":"The English in the Twelfth Century: Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values","description":"Defining essays on questions of newly-emerging English nationalism and the political importance of chivalric values and knightly obligations, as perceived by contemporary historians. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John B. Gillingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843834251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843834250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d","brand":"John B. Gillingham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938921349375,"sku":"9781843834250","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6b08d83a-c72d-4037-b814-446ae675275f.jpg?v=1681438463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-english-in-the-twelfth-john-gillingham-9781843834250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}