Description
| Summary: | A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis--two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century--and to do so through the lives and competing careers of the two men who ruled them, Richard de Ware of Westminster and Mathieu de Vendome of Saint-Denis. Esteemed historian William Jordan weaves a breathta.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 245 pages) : illustrations, map |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781400830381
1400830389
0691139016
9780691139012 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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