The lion, the lily, and the leopard : the crown and nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the struggle for power (1100-1204)

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The work The lion, the lily, and the leopard : the crown and nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the struggle for power (1100-1204) represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The lion, the lily, and the leopard : the crown and nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the struggle for power (1100-1204)

Title remainder

the crown and nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the struggle for power (1100-1204)

Statement of responsibility

by Melissa Pollock

Title variation

Crown and nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the struggle for power (1100-1204)

Creator

• Pollock, Melissa

Author

• Pollock, Melissa

Subject

• France -- Foreign relations -- England
• France -- Foreign relations -- Scotland
• Scotland -- Foreign relations -- England
• Scotland -- Foreign relations -- France
• England -- Foreign relations -- France
• England -- Foreign relations -- Scotland

Language

eng

Summary

"This book examines the relationship between and identities within the three kingdoms of Scotland, France, and England from c. 1100 until the crown of England lost Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1204. Diplomatic and political relations were unique in the twelfth century because the three kingdoms were united by a ruling class that spanned the Channel. This aristocratic, Anglo-French structure beginning with the Norman invasion in 1066 disrupted and delayed the development of a unitary national identity within each of the three kingdoms. Men and women identified themselves with more than one royal overlord as long as they held fees of multiple kings and, as such, national identity was a moveable feast. This situation created a complex political web that often damaged consistent loyalty to any one king or overlord, as each member of a kin group changed alliances based on territorial threats and on the interests of their familial networks. Furthermore, alliances formed between families in the Anglo-French realm had a significant impact on political decision-making in Scotland because the Anglo-French Scots were intimately bound to this structure through their own kin networks and land bases. Significantly, this work dispels the prevailing myth that the Anglo-French who settled in Scotland did not see themselves as part of the cross-Channel world but as 'Scots' by the end of the twelfth century."--Back cover

Member of

• Medieval identities, socio-cultural spaces, v. 4

Cataloging source

UAB

Illustrations

• maps
• genealogical tables

Index

index present

LC call number

DA47.1

LC item number

.P65 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Medieval identities

Series volume

volume 4