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First ever translation of the Fine Rolls makes documents of crucial
importance for study of the period fully available for the first
time. The Fine Rolls were the earliest rolls kept by the English
royal chancery. Recording offers of money to the king for all
manner of concessions and favours, they are central to the study of
political, governmental, legal, social and economic history. The
reign of Henry III [1216-1272] is a particularly rich period for
surviving documents; there are some 56 rolls preserved in the
National Archives, one for each regnal year. However, despite the
light they shed on politics, government, and society, they have
never previously been properly edited or published, and these
fully-indexed volumes - covering the period up to 1248 - will
therefore be widely welcomed. The Latin rolls are presented in
English translation, with all identifiable place-names modernised,
although the original forms are preserved; and each volume includes
full person, place and subject indexes. This second volume covers
as importantand dramatic a period of English history as does the
first. The years between 1224 and 1234 witnessed the issue of the
final and definitive version of Magna Carta, the ending of the
king's minority, his French campaign of 1230,the fall of the
justiciar, Hubert de Burgh in 1232, the subsequent regime of Peter
des Roches, bishop of Winchester, the civil war which followed
Peter's apparent defiance of Magna Carta, and finally in 1234 the
restoration of lawful consensual rule.
The Fine Rolls were the earliest rolls kept by the English royal
chancery. Recording offers of money to the king for all manner of
concessions and favours, they are central to the study of
political, governmental, legal, social and economic history. The
reign of Henry III (1216-1272) is a particularly rich period for
surviving documents; there are some 56 rolls preserved in the
National Archives, one for each regnal year. However, despite the
light they shed on politics, government, and society, they have
never previously been properly edited or published, and these
fully-indexed volumes - covering the period up to 1248 - will
therefore be widely welcomed. The Latin rolls are presented in
English translation, with all identifiable place-names modernised,
although the original forms are preserved; and each volume includes
full person, place and subject indexes. This volume covers in some
detail the first phase of Henry's personal rule, which began in
1234. The rolls provide key evidence both for the great reform of
the realm following Henry's marriage to Eleanor of Provence in 1236
and for the concessions by which Henry encouraged participation in
his Poitevin campaign of 1242. In two years when fine rolls are
missing the volume prints originalia rolls (copies of the fine
rolls sent to the Exchequer) in their place, thus enabling detailed
examination of the processes by which the king raised his revenue.
A survey of the complexity and sophistication of English royal
government in the thirteenth century, a period of radical change.
The years between 1258 and 1276 comprise one of the most
influential periods in the Middle Ages in Britain. This turbulent
decade witnessed a bitter power struggle between Henry III and his
barons over who should control the government of the realm. Before
England eventually descended into civil war, a significant
proportion of the baronage had attempted to transform its
governance by imposing on the crown a programme of legislative and
administrative reform far more radical and wide-ranging than Magna
Carta in 1215. Constituting a critical stage in the development of
parliament, the reformist movement would remain unsurpassed in its
radicalism until the upheavals of the seventeenth century. Simon de
Montfort, the baronial champion, became the first leader of a
political movement to seize power and govern in the king's name.
The essays here draw on material available for the first time via
the completion of the project to calendar all the Fine Rolls of
Henry III; these rolls comprise the last series of records of the
English Chancery from that period to become readily available in a
convenient form, thereby transforming accessto several important
fields of research, including financial, legal, political and
social issues. The volume covers topics including the evidential
value of the fine rolls themselves and their wider significance for
the English polity, developments in legal and financial
administration, the roles of women and the church, and the
fascinating details of the development of the office of escheator.
Related or parallel developments in Scotland, Wales and Ireland are
also dealt with, giving a broader British dimension.
[The series is] a necessary addition for any scholar working in
this field. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES The articles collected here
bear witness to the wide interest in England and its neighbours in
the "long" thirteenth century; topics include the high politics of
the thirteenth century, international relations, the
administrativeand governmental structures of medieval England and
aspects of the wider societal and political context of the period.
Contributors: MAX LIEBERMAN, MICHAEL PENMAN, NICK BARRATT, LEIDULF
MELVE, ADRIAN JOBSON, XAVIER HELARY, ANDREW SPENCER, HENRY
SUMMERSON, CAROLINE BURT, ANDREW ABRAM, SUSAN STEWART, MICHAEL RAY,
INGO SCHWAB, BETH HARTLAND, PAUL DRYBURGH
A survey of the complexity and sophistication of English royal
government in the thirteenth century, a period of radical change.
The years between 1258 and 1276 comprise one of the most
influential periods in the Middle Ages in Britain. This turbulent
decade witnessed a bitter power struggle between Henry III and his
barons over who should control the government of the realm. Before
England eventually descended into civil war, a significant
proportion of the baronage had attempted to transform its
governance by imposing on the crown a programme of legislative and
administrative reform far more radical and wide-ranging than Magna
Carta in 1215. Constituting a critical stage in the development of
parliament, the reformist movement would remain unsurpassed in its
radicalism until the upheavals of the seventeenth century. Simon de
Montfort, the baronial champion, became the first leader of a
political movement to seize power and govern in the king's name.
The essays here draw on material available for the first time via
the completion of the project to calendar all the Fine Rolls of
Henry III; these rolls comprise the last series of records of the
English Chancery from that period to become readily available in a
convenient form, thereby transforming accessto several important
fields of research, including financial, legal, political and
social issues. The volume covers topics including the evidential
value of the fine rolls themselves and their wider significance for
the English polity, developments in legal and financial
administration, the roles of women and the church, and the
fascinating details of the development of the office of escheator.
Related or parallel developments in Scotland, Wales and Ireland are
also dealt with, giving a broader British dimension. LOUISE J.
WILKINSON is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln;
DAVID CROOK is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of
Notthingham. Contributors: Nick Barratt, Paul Brand, David
Carpenter, David Crook, Paul Dryburgh, Beth Hartland, Philippa
Hoskin, Charles Insley, Adrian Jobson, Tony Moore, Alice Taylor,
Nicholas Vincent, Scott Waugh, Louise Wilkinson
Aspects of the political, social, cultural, economic and
ecclesiastical history of medieval England re-examined. This
collection presents new and original research into the long
thirteenth century, from c.1180-c.1330, with a particular focus on
the reign of Edward II and its aftermath. Other topics examined
include crown finances, markets and fairs, royal stewards, the
aftermath of the Barons' War, Wace's Roman de Brut, and authority
in Yorkshire nunneries; and the volume also follows the tradition
of the series by looking beyond England, with contributions onthe
role of Joan, wife of Llywelyn the Great in Anglo-Welsh relations,
Dublin, and English landholding in Ireland, while the continental
connection is represented by a comparison of aspects of English and
French kingship. Contributors: David Carpenter, Nick Barratt,
Emilia Jamroziak, Michael Ray, Susan Stewart, Louise J. Wilkinson,
Sean Duffy, Beth Hartland, Francoise Le Saux, Henry Summerson,
Janet Burton, H.S.A. Fox, David Crook, Margo Todd,Seymour Phillips
Studies on the cultural, social, political and economic history of
the age. This collection presents new and original research on the
long thirteenth century, from c.1180-c.1330, including England's
relations with Wales and Ireland. The range of topics embraces
royal authority and its assertion and limitation, the great royal
inquests and judicial reform of the reign of Edward I, royal
manipulation of noble families, weakening royal administration at
the end of the century, sex and love in the upper levels of
society, monastic/layrelations, and the administration of building
projects. Contributors: RUTH BLAKELY, NICOLA COLDSTREAM, BETH
HARTLAND, CHARLES INSLEY, ANDY KING, SAMANTHA LETTERS, JOHN
MADDICOTT, MARC MORRIS, ANTHONY MUSSON, DAVIDA. POSTLES, MICHAEL
PRESTWICH, SANDRA G. RABAN, BJORN WEILER, JOCELYN WOGAN-BROWNE,
ROBERT WRIGHT. THE EDITORS are all in the Department of History,
University of Durham.
[The series is] a necessary addition for any scholar working in
this field. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES Editors: Janet Burton,
Bjoern Weiler, Philipp Schofield, Karen Stoeber The thirteenth
century brought the British Isles into ever closer contact with one
another, and with medieval Europe as a whole. This international
dimensionforms a dominant theme of this collection: it features
essays on England's relations with the papal court; the adoption of
European cultural norms in Scotland; Welsh society and crusading;
English landholding in Ireland; and dealings between the kings of
England and Navarre. Other papers, on ritual crucifixion, concepts
of office and ethcis, and the English royal itinerary, show that
the thirteenth century was also a period of profound political and
cultural change, witnessing the transformation of legal and
economic structures [represented here by case studies of noblewomen
and their burial customs; and a prolonged inheritance dispute in
Laxton]. This volume testifies to the continuing vitality and [with
contributors from three continents and six countries] international
nature of scholarship on medieval Britain; and moves beyond the
Channel to make an important contribution to the history of
medieval Europes. Contributors: ROBERT STACEY, FREDERIQUE LACHAUD,
STEPHEN CHURCH, CHRISTIAN HILLEN, JESSICA NELSON, MATTHEW HAMMOND,
KATHRYN HURLOCK, NICHOLAS VINCENT, ADAM DAVIES, HUI LIU, EMMA
CAVELL, DAVID CROOK, BETH HARTLAND
A window into the thirteenth century is provided by the publication
of these important documents - a crucial source for medieval
history. The Fine Rolls were the earliest rolls kept by the English
royal chancery. Recording offers of money to the king for all
manner of concessions and favours, they are central to the study of
political, governmental, legal, social and economic history. This
volume is the first in a series which aims to publish the fine
rolls of the reign of Henry III [1216-1272], a particularly rich
period for surviving documents; there are some 56 rolls preserved
in the National Archives, one for each regnal year. However,
despite the light they shed on politics, government, and society,
they have never previously been properly edited or published, and
these fully-indexed volumes - covering the period up to 1248 - will
therefore be widely welcomed. The Latin rolls are presented in
English translation, with all identifiable place-names modernised,
although the original forms are preserved; and each volume includes
full person,place and subject indexes. This first volume includes
an introduction [by David Carpenter] to the series as a whole and
also to developments in the rolls between 1216 and 1234. The period
covered here was as dramatic as it was important, witnessing the
accession of Henry III at the age of nine in October 1216, the
winning of the civil war left by his father King John, the slow
re-building of royal authority shattered by hostilities, the
rebellion ofFalkes de Breaute in 1224, and the acceptance by the
minority government (in new versions) of what John had rejected,
namely Magna Carta.
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