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This well-known text, was hailed on first publication as: "a landmark in twelfth-century studies." Though written in the form of a biography, this seminal study discusses the significant social, governmental and religious developments.

King Stephen: 1135-1154 by R.H.C. Davis offers a groundbreaking reexamination of King Stephen's tumultuous reign, challenging the conclusions of J.H. Round's seminal Geoffrey de Mandeville. Drawing on newly available sources, including the final portion of the Gesta Stephani... Read Full Overview

King Stephen: 1135-1154 by R.H.C. Davis offers a groundbreaking reexamination of King Stephen's tumultuous reign, challenging the conclusions of J.H. Round's seminal Geoffrey de Mandeville. Drawing on newly available sources, including the final portion of the Gesta Stephani... Read Full Overview

This well-known text, the standard account of the subject, is essential reading for students and scholars of the Norman period from undergraduate level upwards, and was hailed on first publication as: " a landmark in twelfth-century studies." Written in the form of a biography... Read Full Overview