Essays offering a guide to a vital source for our knowledge of
medieval England. The Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) at the
National Archives have been described as the single most important
source for the study of landed society in later medieval England.
Inquisitions were local enquiries into the lands heldby people of
some status, in order to discover whatever income and rights were
due to the crown on their death, and provide details both of the
lands themselves and whoever held them. This book explores in
detail for the first time the potential of IPMs as sources for
economic, social and political history over the long fifteenth
century, the period covered by this Companion. It looks at how they
were made, how they were used, and their "accuracy",and develops
our understanding of a source that is too often taken for granted;
it answers questions such as what they sought to do, how they were
compiled, and how reliable they are, while also exploring how they
can best be usedfor economic, demographic, place-name, estate and
other kinds of study. Michael Hicks is Professor of Medieval
History, University of Winchester. Contributors: Michael Hicks,
Christine Carpenter, Kate Parkin, Christopher Dyer, Matthew
Holford, Margaret Yates, L.R. Poos, J. Oeppen, R.M. Smith, Sean
Cunningham, Claire Noble, Matthew Holford, Oliver Padel.
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