Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Cambridge Companions to Culture
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue: Studying the Age of William the Conqueror
- Part I Home and Away
- Part II Space and Society
- Part III Individuals and Institutions
- 7 Family and Kinship
- 8 Nobility and Aristocracy
- 9 Kingship and Consensus
- 10 Law and Justice
- Part IV Cultural Perspectives
- Epilogue: The Legacy of William the Conqueror and His Age Today
- Bibliography
- Index nominum et locorum
9 - Kingship and Consensus
from Part III - Individuals and Institutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Cambridge Companions to Culture
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue: Studying the Age of William the Conqueror
- Part I Home and Away
- Part II Space and Society
- Part III Individuals and Institutions
- 7 Family and Kinship
- 8 Nobility and Aristocracy
- 9 Kingship and Consensus
- 10 Law and Justice
- Part IV Cultural Perspectives
- Epilogue: The Legacy of William the Conqueror and His Age Today
- Bibliography
- Index nominum et locorum
Summary
The third chapter in the volume’s third thematic strand (Individuals and Institutions) is dedicated to kingship and consensus in the age of William the Conqueror. After exploring the scholarly status quo and the historical and Biblical foundations of medieval kingship models prevalent in the Anglo-Norman world of the eleventh century, the chapter turns to a discussion of the writings of William of Poitiers and his contemporaries, before scrutinising the application of these kingship models to the everyday realities of the Conqueror’s cross-Channel realm.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror , pp. 185 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022