Monarchy, Magnates and Institutions in the Anglo-Norman World

by C. Warren Hollister

This book brings together a collection of Warren Hollister's essays published since 1968 and makes available a coherent and clear view of the major features of Anglo-Norman politics.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1985

About the author

A specialist in medieval English history, Charles Warren Hollister graduated with honors from Harvard University in 1951 and received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1958. He was one of the founding members of the University of California Santa Barbara history department, where he taught until his retirement in 1994.

Reviews

[Michael Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of seventeen of the author’s journal articles published between 1973 and 1985, all but one of them the products of his research into the reign of Henry I. The remaining paper, "1066: ‘The Feudal Revolution’," is his final revised thoughts on the origins of the English feudal system. Although all of these essays are interesting, I would especially recommend "The Misfortunes of the Mandevilles," "Henry I and Robert Malet," "The Taming of a Turbulent Earl: Henry I and William of Warenne," and "Henry I and the Anglo-Norman Magnates." Hollister’s prose is always excellent and his arguments usually convincing.