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Border Liberties and Loyalties: North-East England, C. 1200 to C. 1400
Matthew L. Holford
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Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
This book examines the organisation of power and society in north-east England over two crucial centuries in the emergence of the English 'state'. England is usually regarded as medieval Europe's most centralised kingdom, yet the North-East was dominated by liberties - largely self-governing jurisdictions - that greatly restricted the English crown's direct authority in the region. These local polities receive here their first comprehensive discussion; and their histories are crucial for understanding questions of state-formation in frontier zones, regional distinctiveness, and local and national loyalties. The analysis focuses on liberties as both governmental entities and sources of socio-political and cultural ... Read more
This book examines the organisation of power and society in north-east England over two crucial centuries in the emergence of the English 'state'. England is usually regarded as medieval Europe's most centralised kingdom, yet the North-East was dominated by liberties - largely self-governing jurisdictions - that greatly restricted the English crown's direct authority in the region. These local polities receive here their first comprehensive discussion; and their histories are crucial for understanding questions of state-formation in frontier zones, regional distinctiveness, and local and national loyalties. The analysis focuses on liberties as both governmental entities and sources of socio-political and cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748632787
SKU
V9780748632787
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About Matthew L. Holford
M. L. Holford was a research associate at the University of Durham and Cambridge University from 2003 to 2008. He has written on regional cultures and identities and on the dynamics of local government in medieval England. K. J. Stringer is Professor of Medieval British History at Lancaster University. He has written extensively on the related fields of medieval ... Read more
Reviews for Border Liberties and Loyalties: North-East England, C. 1200 to C. 1400
Holford and Stringer offer fresh perspectives on the "problem" of the liberties and draw compelling new conclusions about notions of community and identity in later medieval Britain... The similarity of the questions that the authors ask from one chapter to the next belies the complex set of circumstances that distinguished political life in each of the liberties, and the great ... Read more