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The Beginnings of English Imperialism.

The Beginnings of English Imperialism.

Authors :
Gillingham, John
Source :
Journal of Historical Sociology; Dec92, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p392, 18p
Publication Year :
1992

Abstract

This article looks at a critical stage in the forcible anglicisation of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and argues that the set of cultural images which provided the moral energy for English imperialism first emerged in the twelfth century, i.e. about four centuries earlier than is commonly supposed. By early twelfth century profound economic, social, military and cultural developments had so transformed England as to mean that the English and Celtic worlds were now sufficiently far apart for the differences between them to be visible to contemporaries, notably to William of Malmesbury, the first to articulate this 'significant otherness" in terms of the classical contrast between civilisation and barbarism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09521909
Volume :
5
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Historical Sociology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9954747
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.1992.tb00033.x