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001 2008033066
003 DLC
005 20100409075307.0
008 080728s2009 njuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008033066
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016 7 $a014888869$2Uk
020 $a9780691139012 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0691139016 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn243673858
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050 00 $aDA687.W5$bJ67 2009
082 00 $a271/.1042132$222
100 1 $aJordan, William C.,$d1948-
245 12 $aA tale of two monasteries :$bWestminster and Saint-Denis in the thirteenth century /$cWilliam Chester Jordan.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axviii, 245 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.
505 0 $aList of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Technical matters: currencies, calendars, nomenclature -- 1: England and France in the early thirteenth century -- 2: Two great monasteries and two young men -- 3: Treaty of Paris -- 4: Best of times, the worst of times -- 5: Monumental rivalry -- 6: Two royal successions -- 7: Abbeys in the new regimes -- 8: Diplomacy and governance -- 9: Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 $aFrom the Publisher: A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis-two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century-and to do so through the lives and competing careers of the two men who ruled them, Richard de Ware of Westminster and Mathieu de Vendome of Saint-Denis. Esteemed historian William Jordan weaves a breathtaking narrative of the social, cultural, and political history of the period. It was an age of rebellion and crusades, of artistic and architectural innovation, of unprecedented political reform, and of frustrating international diplomacy-and Richard and Mathieu, in one way or another, played important roles in all these developments. Jordan traces their rise from obscure backgrounds to the highest ranks of political authority, Abbot Richard becoming royal treasurer of England, and Abbot Mathieu twice serving as a regent of France during the crusades. By enabling us to understand the complex relationships the abbots and their rival institutions shared with each other and with the kings and social networks that supported and exploited them, A Tale of Two Monasteries paints a vivid portrait of medieval society and politics, and of the ambitious men who influenced them so profoundly.
610 20 $aWestminster Abbey$xHistory.
610 20 $aAbbaye de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)$xHistory.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1216-1272.
651 0 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1226-1270.
600 00 $aRichard,$cde Ware,$dd. 1283.
600 00 $aMathieu,$cde Vendôme,$dd. 1286.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008033066.html