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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.
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Fourteenth Century England XII (Hardcover)
James Bothwell, Jeffrey S. J.S. Hamilton; Contributions by Paul Dryburgh, Pierre Gaite, Christopher Given-Wilson, …
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Discovery Miles 20 400
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Essays offer a lively snapshot of important topics. The essays
presented here draw on a number of different approaches and
perspectives to address and illuminate key aspects and issues of
the period. Longitudinal studies of king's confessors and corrodies
of the crown provide insights into the intersection of political,
religious and demographic currents over the longue duree, and are
complemented by studies of documentary sources of various kinds -
newsletters, chronicles, and municipal archives - to challenge
current understandings of important events and processes such as
the deposition of Edward II, the evolving identity of the
parliamentary peers, and Richard II's vision for the house of
Lancaster. Prosopographical and biographical studies of post-plague
clerics, and of knights within comital affinities and within their
own individual affinity groups, shed light on county communities
and gentry society; they also demonstrate the impact of the Black
Death on society at large, especially on the question of religious
continuity and discontinuity at the parish level. Contributors:
Paul Dryburgh, Pierre Gaite, Chris Given-Wilson, Michael Jones,
Taylor Kniphfer, Samuel Lane, Jonathan Mackman, Alison McHardy,
Matt Raven, David Robinson.
Essays exploring the potential of the Inquisitions post mortem to
shed important new light on the medieval world. The Inquisitions
post mortem (IPMs) are a truly wonderful source for many different
aspects of late medieval countryside and rural life. They have
recently been made digitally accessible and interrogatable by the
Mappingthe Medieval Countryside project, and the first fruits of
these developments are presented here. The chapters examine IPMs in
connection with the landscape and topography of England, in
particular markets and fairs and mills;and consider the utility of
proofs of age for everyday life on such topics as the Church,
retaining, and the wine trade. MICHAEL HICKS is Emeritus Professor
of Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Contributors:
Katie A. Clarke, William S. Deller, Paul Dryburgh, Christopher
Dyer, Janette Garrett, Michael Hicks, Matthew Holford, Gordon
McKelvie, Stephen Mileson, Simon Payling, Matthew Tompkins,
Jennifer Ward.
Articles showcasing the fruits of the most recent scholarship in
the field of fourteenth-century studies. The wide-ranging studies
collected here reflect the latest concerns of and trends in
fourteenth-century research, including work on politics, the law,
religion, and chronicle writing. The lively (and controversial)
debate around the death of Edward II, and the brief but eventful
career of John of Eltham, earl of Cornwall, receive detailed
treatment, as does the theory and implementation of both the law of
treason in England and high status execution in Ireland. There is
an investigation of the often overlooked, yet ever present, lesser
parish clergy of pre-Black Death England, along with the notable
connections between Roman remains and craft guild piety in
fourteenth-century York.There are also chapters shedding new light
on fourteenth-century chronicles: one examines the St Albans
chronicle through the prism of chivalric culture, another analyses
the importance of the Chester Annals of 1385-8 in the writing
culture of the Midlands. Introduced with this volume is a new
section on "Notes and Documents"; re-examined here is an
often-cited letter from the reign of Richard II and the
problematic, yet crucial, issue of its authorship and dating. James
Bothwell is Lecturer in Later Medieval History at the University of
Leicester; Gwilym Dodd is Associate Professor of Medieval History
at the University of Nottingham Contributors: Paul Dryburgh, Aine
Foley, Christopher Guyol, Andy King, Jessica Knowles, E. Amanda
McVitty, D.A.L. Morgan, Philip Morgan, David Robinson.
Royal Seals is an introduction to the seals of the kings and queens
of England, Scotland and latterly the United Kingdom, as well as
the Church and nobility. Ranging from Medieval times to modern day,
it uses images of impressive wax seals held at The National
Archives to show the historical importance of these beautiful works
of art. Included are features on the great seals of famous monarchs
like Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and twentieth-century
monarchs, as well as insights on the role of seals in treaties and
foreign policy. With ecclesiastical seals and those of the nobility
and lower orders included, this is a comprehensive and lavishly
illustrated guide.
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.
The establishment of English rule in Ireland in the late 12th
century involved the introduction not only of foreign settlers, but
also of administrative practices based on those of England. In the
13th century a chancery, an exchequer, and courts of law centred on
Dublin developed which produced written records of their
operations. The fact that the lord of Ireland was also the king of
England, and that every English subject in Ireland had the right to
appeal directly to the king, meant that Irish affairs were also
well represented in the records produced by the English government
at Westminster. These three sets of records were created and kept
independently by both administrations, but a series of disasters
stretching from the 13th century to the 20th means that almost all
of the Irish archive has been lost. Fortunately, the National
Archives of the United Kingdom, based at Kew in London, continues
to hold a wealth of material relating to Ireland in the medieval
centuries. This book
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