A study of the nature of national sentiment in fourteenth-century England, in its political and constitutional context.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction I. Historiography; Introduction II. Context, sources and methodology; 1. England as a territory; 2. Defining the English people; 3. Englishness: race, ethnicity and national character; 4. King, kingdom and people: the idea of England in political rhetoric; 5. Nationality, allegiance and subjecthood in the king's wider domains; 6. God and England: ecclesiastical rhetoric and a political theology of nationhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.