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La cour seigneuriale en Angleterre, xiie-xiiie siècles' (2009)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2009). La cour seigneuriale en Angleterre, xiie-xiiie siècles'. In Les Seigneuries dans l'espace Plantagenêt (c.1150-c.1250) (31 - 40). Ausonius

A study of the interaction between private and royal justice in post-Conquest England, with a critical stance as to the supposed adversarial relationship between king and barons.  Proposes instead the integration of royal and seigneurial justice.

Commerce, State, and Anti-Alienism: Balancing Britain’s Interests in the Late-Victorian Period (2009)
Book Chapter
Evans, N. J. (2009). Commerce, State, and Anti-Alienism: Balancing Britain’s Interests in the Late-Victorian Period. In E. Bar-Yosef, & N. Valman (Eds.), 'The Jew’ in Late-Victorian and Edwardian Culture: Between the East End and East Africa (80-97). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594371_5

At the end of the nineteenth century, Britain governed one-quarter of the globe; her merchant and naval fleets ruled the waves. Yet despite being the most powerful industrial nation on earth, Britain panicked in the last decades of the Victorian era,... Read More about Commerce, State, and Anti-Alienism: Balancing Britain’s Interests in the Late-Victorian Period.

Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807 (2009)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2009). Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807. In A. Forrest, & P. H. Wilson (Eds.), The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806 (172-190). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236738_10

By the end of 1806, and within only a few months, Napoleon had completely overthrown the political order of central Europe. In summer, the Confederation of the Rhine had been set up under French domination, and the Holy Roman Empire had been dissolve... Read More about Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807.

Indiens et Franc-Maconnerie: une vision performative de l'histoire Americaine (2008)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2008). Indiens et Franc-Maconnerie: une vision performative de l'histoire Americaine. In M. Prum (Ed.), Race & the Body in Anglophone Context/ Race et corps dans L’aire Anglophone, (113 - 135). L’Harmattan

Comme nombre de mes collègues indianistes, cela fait longtemps que je n’ignore plus que les grandes figures masculines du monde politique et littéraire indien du XIXe et du début du XXe siècle avaient, pour la plupart d’entre elles, des liens directs... Read More about Indiens et Franc-Maconnerie: une vision performative de l'histoire Americaine.

William Marshal and the Mercenariat (2008)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2008). William Marshal and the Mercenariat. In Mercenaries and Paid Men: The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages (15 - 32). Brill

A look at attitudes to the mercenary amongst the established aristocracy as viewed through the source of the biography of William Marshal

The Transformation of Medieval Gwent (2008)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2008). The Transformation of Medieval Gwent. In The Gwent County History 2, The Age of the Marcher Lords, c.1070-1536, (16803). University of Wales Press

A history and analysis of the establishment of Marcher lordships in Gwent between 1067 and 1245.

An empire built on sand (2008)
Book Chapter
Smith, S. (2008). An empire built on sand. In Britain and the Middle East: from imperial power to junior partner (48 - 65). Sussex Academic Press

King Stephen and Northern France (2008)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2008). King Stephen and Northern France. In King Stephen's Reign, 1135-1154 (44 - 57). Boydell

A study of the relations between King Stephen of England (1135-1154), the king of France and the princes of Northern France

Population matters in Native America (2007)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2007). Population matters in Native America. In P. D. Davies, & I. Morgan (Eds.), America's Americans: Population issues in U.S. society and politics. Institute of Latin American Studies

The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924 (2007)
Book Chapter
Evans, N. J. (2007). The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924. In T. Feys, L. R. Fischer, S. Hoste, & S. Vanfraechem (Eds.), Maritime Transport and Migration: The Connections between Maritime and Migration Networks (49–62). Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780973893434.003.0004

This chapter examines how Britain profited from the foreign component of the passenger trade through the employment of foreign-born agents in the development of British business ventures. It considers the role of commercial agents, translators, and l... Read More about The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924.

Historical and cultural contexts to native American literature (2005)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2005). Historical and cultural contexts to native American literature. In J. Porter, & K. M. Roemer (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature : Part I - Historical and cultural contexts (39-68). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521822831.002

Literature tells truths about the past that history cannot articulate. This is a truism with particular resonance in the Native American context because until the watershed years of the late 1960s and early 1970s Indians were either ignored or grossl... Read More about Historical and cultural contexts to native American literature.