any good books on kingdom development?

by R2rogargon

Looking for your aid.

I am searching for any book resources which explain the development of kingship, institutions, and royal organization's in medieval Europe.

If anyone could help me in pointing me to any book that talks about the topic I would appreciate it.

y_sengaku

I'd add some relevant book recommendations thread that I have answered before:

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In addition to Wickham's standard one ([Wickham 2016]), while dated, concerning the institutional developments of the kingdom, I suppose Strayer's classic ([Strayer 1970]), mentioned in the first thread, is still a not so bad starting point. The issue of administrative/ pragmatic literacy, introduced by the work of [Clanchy 2010 (1979)] (see also in the first thread), should also be addressed at first.

These two following recent books are generally good and provide detailed analysis on medieval rulers and their family members, but it does unfortunately not focus much on the institutions:

The following Bagge's single volume book apparently employs convenient frameworks for OP's request, but has been criticized its not-in-depth analytical aspects by the reviewers:

Alternatively, this classic series from OUP, The Origins of the Modern State in Europe (7 volumes) and especially one of the series, Reinhard Wolfgang (ed.), Power Elites and State Building (1996) should perhaps be consulted especially if OP is affiliated with any higher educational institution with the good library.

jschooltiger

Hi, this section of our Books and Resources List may be of interest.