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A lively, new and sweeping history of the rise of the state in
Plantagenet England. Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was
high drama. These two centuries witnessed savage political
blood-letting - including civil war, deposition, the murder of
kings and the ruthless execution of rebel lords - as well as
international warfare, devastating national pandemic, economic
crisis and the first major peasant uprising in English history.
Arise, England uses the six Plantagenet kings who ruled during
these two centuries to explore England's emergent statehood.
Drawing on original accounts and arresting new research, it draws
resonances between government, international relations, and the
abilities, egos and ambitions of political actors, then and now.
Colourful and complicated, and by turns impressive and hateful, the
six kings stride through the story; but arguably the greatest
character is the emerging English state itself.
Essays on the connections between politics and society in the
middle ages, showing their interdependence. Christine Carpenter's
influential work on late-medieval English society aspires to
encompass a wide spectrum of human experience. Her vision of
"total" history embeds the study of politics in a multi-dimensional
social frameworkwhich ranges from mentalities and ideology to
economy and geography. This collection of essays celebrates
Professor Carpenter's achievement by drawing attention to the
social underpinning of political culture; the articles reflectthe
range of her interests, chronologically from the thirteenth century
to the sixteenth, and thematically from ideology and culture,
through government and its officials, the nobility, gentry and
yeomanry, the law and the church, to local society. The connection
between centre and locality pervades the volume, as does the
interplay of the ideological and cultural with the practical and
material. The essays highlight both how ideas were moulded in
political debate and action, and how their roots sprang from social
pressures and interests. It also emphasises the wider cultural
aspects of topics too-easily conceived as local and material.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON is Fellow and Tutor in History at Somerville
College, Oxford; JOHN WATTS is Professor of Later Medieval History
at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi
College, Oxford. Contributors: Jackson Armstrong, Caroline Burt,
Tony Moore, Richard Partington, Ted Powell, Andrea Ruddick, Andrew
Spencer, Benjamin Thompson, John Watts, Theron Westervelt, Jenny
Wormald.
Essays reflecting the most recent research on the thirteenth
century, with a timely focus on the Treaty of Paris. Additional
editors: Karen Stoeber, Bjoern Weiler The articles collected here
bear witness to the continued and wide interest in England and its
neighbours in the "long" thirteenth century. The volume includes
papers on the high politics of the thirteenth century,
international relations, the administrative and governmental
structures of medieval England and aspects of the wider societal
and political context of the period. A particular theme of the
papers is Anglo-French political history, and especially the ways
in which that relationship was reflected in the diplomatic and
dynastic arrangements associated with the Treaty of Paris, the
750th anniversary of which fell during 2009, a fact celebrated in
this collection of essays and the Paris conference at which the
original papers were first delivered. Contributors: Caroline Burt,
Julie E. Kanter, Julia Barrow, Benjamin L. Wild, WilliamMarx,
Caroline Dunn, Adrian Jobson, Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks, Tony K.
Moore, David A. Trotter, William Chester Jordan, Daniel Power,
Florent Lenegre
[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
Exciting fresh perspectives on Edward I as man, king and
administrator. The reign of Edward I was one of the most important
of medieval England, but the king's activities and achievements
have not always received the full attention they deserve. The
essays collected here offer fresh insights into Edward's own
personality as well as developments in law, governance, war and
culture. Edward the man emerges in chapters on his early life, his
piety and his family, while the administrator king is discussed in
evaluations of his twogreat ministers, his handling of the crucial
issue of law and order and the way he managed the realm from abroad
through his correspondence. Edward's nobles, both in England and
Scotland, naturally appear as vital to understanding the reign,
while his rule is set in a British and European context. Overall,
the book aims to move the debate on the reign beyond K.B.
McFarlane's hugely influential judgement that "Edward I preferred
masterfulness to the arts of political management", by highlighting
his skills -- and failings -- as a politician and manager.
This important exploration of the reign of Edward I - one of
England's most lionised, feared and successful monarchs - presents
his kingship in a radical new light. Through detailed case studies
of Shropshire, Warwickshire and Kent, Caroline Burt examines how
Edward's governance at a national level was reflected in different
localities. She employs novel methodology to measure levels of
disorder and the effects of government action, and uncovers a
remarkably sophisticated approach to governance. This study
combines an empirical examination of government with an
understanding of developing political ideas and ideological
motivation, and contributes towards a greater understanding of the
development of local government and politics in England in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Edward emerges as a king with
a coherent set of ideas about the governance of his realm, both
intellectually and practically, whose achievements were even more
remarkable than has previously been recognised.
This important exploration of the reign of Edward I - one of
England's most lionised, feared and successful monarchs - presents
his kingship in a radical new light. Through detailed case studies
of Shropshire, Warwickshire and Kent, Caroline Burt examines how
Edward's governance at a national level was reflected in different
localities. She employs novel methodology to measure levels of
disorder and the effects of government action, and uncovers a
remarkably sophisticated approach to governance. This study
combines an empirical examination of government with an
understanding of developing political ideas and ideological
motivation, and contributes towards a greater understanding of the
development of local government and politics in England in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Edward emerges as a king with
a coherent set of ideas about the governance of his realm, both
intellectually and practically, whose achievements were even more
remarkable than has previously been recognised.
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