FLANDERS AND THE ANGLO-NORMAN WORLD 1066-1216

First edition. Publisher's laminated boards. Hardcover. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's circular blind stamp at the bottom of the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. There is a very faint stain to the closed top edge of the closed text block.

The union of Normandy and England in 1066 recast the political map of western Europe and marked the beginning of a new era in the region's international history. This book is a groundbreaking investigation of the relations and exchanges between the county of Flanders and the Anglo-Norman realm. Among other important themes, it examines Anglo-Flemish diplomatic treaties and fiefs, international aristocratic culture, the growth of overseas commerce, immigration to England and the construction of new social and national identities. The century and a half between the conquest of England by the duke of Normandy and the conquest of Normandy by the king of France witnessed major revolutions in European society, politics and culture. This study explores the history of England, northern France and the southern Low Countries in relation to each other during this period, giving fresh perspective on the historical development of north-western Europe in the Central Middle Ages.