Richard Schmalensee. / Bibliography: p. 39-47.

S.B. Gershwin, J.G. Kimemia, E.R. Ducot. / Bibliography: leaf [5] / "August 1981" / "National Science Foundation Grant DAR78-17826"

The main objective of this thesis is to offer an understanding of the nature and political importance of English royal councils in the reign of Henry II (1154 -- 1188), a subject that has never attracted historical attention before. While the analysis of particularly controversial meetings has been incorporated in several studies, the common features of councils have never been made a subject of historical enquiry. The present study has relied on the evidence provided in contemporary sources, such as the numerous chronicle and a large body of royal charters, treatises, and official documents which have been preserved for this period. It has also studied a number of political, legal, administrative and "seal treatises, all of which provide useful insights into the mentalities of the time and the Institutional makeup and governance of England under Henry II. The first chapter is a chronological narrative which aims to introduce the reader into the subject and to associate group of councils with the different phases in Henry's reign. Then the terminology employed in the sources to identify and describe these meetings is analysed so to understand how were these assemblies perceived in the political community. The third chapter deals with the circumstantial aspects of councils by offering a study of the places and buildings where assemblies take place, as well as the calendar and the frequency they followed. The following two chapters discuss the evidence for and the process of conciliar consultation, and the matters discussed at royal councils In this period. The following chapter studies the attendance and the social aspects of these meetings. The last chapter Is an essay which evaluates the place occupied by these councils within the early history of parliament. The central conclusion which brings together all these chapters is that the unprecedented frequency with which Henry II summoned great assemblies meant that most important decisions made during his reign are connected with conciliar activity and, therefore, assented by the nobles of the realm, and that gathering councils consequently became a very useful Instrument of royal governance and a most public occasion for baronial politics in this period.

劉國基. / "2000年8月" / 論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2000. / 參考文獻 (leaves 90-95) / 附中英文摘要. / "2000 nian 8 yue" / Liu Guoji. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2000. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 90-95) / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / Chapter 第一章： --- 前言 / Chapter 第一節： --- 硏究動機 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節： --- 硏究方法 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章： --- 土地分封在政教關係上所扮演的角色 --- p.5 / Chapter 第一節： --- 「封建」一詞在英國中古史上的解釋 --- p.6 / Chapter 第二節： --- 土地分封與勢力網絡的建立 --- p.11 / Chapter 第三節： --- 亨利二世在土地分封上的實際得益 --- p.18 / Chapter 第四節： --- 小結 --- p.22 / Chapter 第三章： --- 政教關係之衝突-以亨利二世與多瑪斯´Ø貝克特之關係爲例 --- p.23 / Chapter 第一節： --- 從司法爭辯到個人權力之爭 --- p.23 / Chapter 第二節： --- 其他人士在衝突中所扮演的角色 / Chapter (1) --- 教皇 --- p.44 / Chapter (2) --- 主教 --- p.49 / Chapter 第三節： --- 小結 --- p.53 / Chapter 第四章： --- 比較亨利二世及梁武帝統治時期的政教關係 --- p.55 / Chapter 第一節： --- 比較亨利二世及梁武帝統治時期之政教衝突 --- p.55 / Chapter 第二節： --- 比較英國主教及梁代高僧在鞏固政權上的作用 --- p.68 / Chapter 第三節： --- 小結 --- p.85 / Chapter 第五章： --- 結語 --- p.86 / 參考書目 --- p.90