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Regionalism and Revision - The Crown and its Provinces in England 1250-1650 (Hardcover)
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Regionalism and Revision - The Crown and its Provinces in England 1250-1650 (Hardcover)
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Historians of premodern Europe often think in terms of 'small
worlds': a series of regional societies functioning independently
of each other. This -approach works well for isolated areas but is
less obviously applicable to England, the most centralised country
in Europe. How far England was centrally controlled and how far
power in reality remained in the localities are key considerations
in understanding English history both in the middle ages and
after-wards.
The essays in "Regionalism and Revision" all address these
questions, both by analysing how the problem should be approached
and by examining what the exercise of power involved in local
terms. Did the gentry dominate local office by virtue of their
intrinsic importance in their counties or were they dependent for
the continuation of their power and wealth on the renewal of their
commissions from the central government? How did magnates mediate
influence at the centre on behalf of the localities, and how were
they repaid for it? How did officials appointed by the crown,
including sheriffs and JPs, react to having to impose unpopular
burdens, such as purveyance, upon the counties?
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