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Book SynopsisRoger Wickson was formerly Headmaster of The King's School, Chester, UK and taught medieval history to A-Level students for many years. He has recently retired from teaching Continuing Education classes at Keele University, UK.
Trade Review'A lively read, making its way around some controversial points persuasively and judiciously. The author's enthusiasm for his subject shines through on every page.' - David Bates, University of East Anglia, UK 'Roger Wickson's very readable synthesis of early medieval England's two estates, the crown and the church, makes no assumptions about its readers' knowledge but leaves them with a clear and detailed understanding of how a different world of kings and their special advisors, the bishops, really worked. For the student and general reader he is concise without being over-simplified, and he tells a good story, often with apposite parallels to the modern world.' - Philip Morgan, Keele University, UK
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Norman Conquest and the Church in England 2. The Sons of the Conquerer and their Bishops 3. The Struggle for the Primacy 4. Mitred Civil Servants: The Rise and Fall of the Salisbury Dynasty 5. King Stephen and his Bishops 6. The Becket Conflict in Perspective 7. England Without a King 8. Stephen Langton, the Bishops and Magna Carta Epilogue Further Reading.
