Power and Statebuilding in the Anglo-Norman World: An Overview
Judith Ann Green
This paper explores, in the context of Anglo-Norman world, some characteristics implicit ideas state: relatively fixed frontiers, a sovereign authority with power to maintain justice, raise taxes and deploy armies, command allegiance its inhabitants. Normandy England are considered both separately together as an “empire”. New research areas themes relating statebuilding considered: role ruler’s wife, ritual display, architectural power, importance cities, especially London. The need for wider approach history away from kings, including lords ecclesiastics, is stressed, developments within British context, Wales Scotland, briefly considered. concludes by emphasizing fragility developments: was not consistent or inevitable. Twelfth-century itself illustrates ambiguities defining states this era.
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