PART I PAPER 3 BRITISH POLITICAL HISTORY, 1050-­­c. 1500 2017-­­2018 READING LIST FOR STUDENTS & SUPERVISORS Edward I. Memoranda roll, E368/69m (1297-­­98) Bibliography and Reference 1050 -­­ 1509 ........................................................................... 5 Abbreviations used ................................................................................................................................ 5 A. The Conquest and the Normans: Anglo-­­Norman England 1050-­­1154 ................... 44 General and introductory .................................................................................................................. 44 Sources .................................................................................................................................................... 44 The Conquest of Anglo-•­Saxon England ........................................................................................... 45 England and Normandy ...................................................................................................................... 45 Kings and kingship .............................................................................................................................. 46 Kingship: ideas and practices ........................................................................................................... 46 King William I ..................................................................................................................................... 46 King William Rufus ............................................................................................................................ 46 King Henry I (1100-•­1135) ................................................................................................................ 46 King Stephen and the Empress Matilda (1135-•­1154) .................................................................. 47 Law, Government and Administration ........................................................................................... 47 Administration .................................................................................................................................... 47 Finances ............................................................................................................................................... 47 Law and Justice .................................................................................................................................. 48 Queens and the King’s Family ........................................................................................................... 48 Aristocracies, local government and rebellion ............................................................................ 49 Case studies ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Local Government .............................................................................................................................. 50 Women ................................................................................................................................................. 50 'Feudalism', military service and warfare ...................................................................................... 50 The Church ............................................................................................................................................. 51 B. Angevin Rule, 1154-­­1216 ................................................................................................ 53 General and introductory .................................................................................................................. 53 Sources .................................................................................................................................................... 53 Kings and Kingship .............................................................................................................................. 53 Kingship: ideas and practices ........................................................................................................... 53 Henry II (1154-•­89) ............................................................................................................................ 54 Richard I (1189-•­99) ........................................................................................................................... 54 John (1199-•­1216) .............................................................................................................................. 54 Administration and government ..................................................................................................... 55 Queens ..................................................................................................................................................... 55 The Angevin Empire : the continental dominions ....................................................................... 56 Administration and government ..................................................................................................... 56 Law and Justice .................................................................................................................................. 56 Local Government and finances ....................................................................................................... 57 Aristocracy, ‘feudalism’ and warfare .............................................................................................. 57 Warfare ................................................................................................................................................ 58 The Church ............................................................................................................................................. 58 C. The Thirteenth Century, 1216-­­1307 ............................................................................. 60 General and introductory .................................................................................................................. 60 Kings and kingship .............................................................................................................................. 60 Kingship: theories and practices ...................................................................................................... 60 Henry III .............................................................................................................................................. 60 Edward I (1272 -­­ 1307) .................................................................................................................... 61 Queens and the king’s family ............................................................................................................ 61 Government, administration and law ............................................................................................. 62 Finance ................................................................................................................................................ 62 Parliament ........................................................................................................................................... 62 Law, Justice, and Local Government ................................................................................................ 63 Aristocracy, local elites and their political role ........................................................................... 63 Warfare ................................................................................................................................................ 65 The Church ............................................................................................................................................. 65 D. Edward II and Edward III, 1307-­­1376 .......................................................................... 67 General and introductory .................................................................................................................. 67 Sources .................................................................................................................................................... 67 Kings and kingship .............................................................................................................................. 67 Kingship: ideas and practices ........................................................................................................... 67 Edward II (1307 -­­ 1327) ................................................................................................................... 68 Edward III (1327 -­­ 1377) .................................................................................................................. 68 Queens and the King’s family ............................................................................................................ 69 Government and administration ..................................................................................................... 69 Law, Justice, and Local Government ................................................................................................ 69 Aristocracy, local elites and their political role ........................................................................... 70 Warfare under Edward III : the first decades of