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Contents Abbreviations xiii I. The Justification of the Conquest 1 Making a king: from recognition to consecration 1 The norman claim 4 The invention of 'the time of king edward' 9 Official history in Domesday book 18 The Domesday antecessor and beyond 24 Canon Law and the justification of the Conquest 33 The implications of official history 40 II. The King as an Anomaly 45 Eadmer and the king's 'nod' 45 Ecclesiastical vacancy in conquered England 52 Homage and the precariousness of lay tenure 64 Lay subtenants 97 Henry I's coronation 'edict' 105 The lands of the archbishop of Canterbury 120 Interregnum, vacancy, and tenure 125 III. The Problem of Interregnum 136 The problem outlined 136 The norman background 142 Normandy and the Conquest of England 152 The motives for disorder 185 Securing succession: 1100-1135 201 Matilda's title 213 The force of fidelitas 231 The force of coronation 238 The bid for legitimacy 245 Justification by antecession: 1141-1153 254 IV. The Problem Solved 262 The settlement of 1153: the diplomatic evidence 262 The settlement of 1153: the chronicles 281 The settlement of 1153 in practice 290 The accession of Henry II 294 'To renew grandfatherly times' 299 Henry II's early legal innovations 326 The early history of the breve de recto 331 The prehistory of novel disseisin 338 V. Afterthoughts 353 Bibliography 360 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession.
Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History.