Andrea Ruddick is a Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval History at Exeter College, Oxford. She has previously worked at the University of Cambridge and the University of York.

'Ruddick's confidence in exploring the evidence across such a range of sources in several languages marks this out as a bravura performance in critical analysis. No previous scholar has offered such a close reading of the evidence for 'national sentiment' as revealed in the records … This book reaches new heights of intellectual sophistication.' Dr Peter Crooks, Scottish Historical Review

• Introduction I. Historiography; Introduction II. Context, sources and methodology; 1. England as a territory; 2. Defining the English people; 3. Englishness: race, ethnicity and national character; 4. King, kingdom and people: the idea of England in political rhetoric; 5. Nationality, allegiance and subjecthood in the king's wider domains; 6. God and England: ecclesiastical rhetoric and a political theology of nationhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Andrea Ruddick is a Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval History at Exeter College, Oxford. She has previously worked at the University of Cambridge and the University of York.

'Ruddick's confidence in exploring the evidence across such a range of sources in several languages marks this out as a bravura performance in critical analysis. No previous scholar has offered such a close reading of the evidence for 'national sentiment' as revealed in the records … This book reaches new heights of intellectual sophistication.' Dr Peter Crooks, Scottish Historical Review

• Introduction I. Historiography; Introduction II. Context, sources and methodology; 1. England as a territory; 2. Defining the English people; 3. Englishness: race, ethnicity and national character; 4. King, kingdom and people: the idea of England in political rhetoric; 5. Nationality, allegiance and subjecthood in the king's wider domains; 6. God and England: ecclesiastical rhetoric and a political theology of nationhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Andrea Ruddick is a Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval History at Exeter College, Oxford. She has previously worked at the University of Cambridge and the University of York.

'Ruddick's confidence in exploring the evidence across such a range of sources in several languages marks this out as a bravura performance in critical analysis. No previous scholar has offered such a close reading of the evidence for 'national sentiment' as revealed in the records … This book reaches new heights of intellectual sophistication.' Dr Peter Crooks, Scottish Historical Review

• Introduction I. Historiography; Introduction II. Context, sources and methodology; 1. England as a territory; 2. Defining the English people; 3. Englishness: race, ethnicity and national character; 4. King, kingdom and people: the idea of England in political rhetoric; 5. Nationality, allegiance and subjecthood in the king's wider domains; 6. God and England: ecclesiastical rhetoric and a political theology of nationhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.