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England's economy between 1050 and 1550 mirrored that of much of
continental Europe in its growing dependence upon trade over both
short distances and long. The essays in this collection are the
fruit of forty years of research into the complex and interrelated
issues involved. Describing this change can be achieved in part
through quantitative indices, such as the number and size of towns,
markets and fairs, and the volume of monetary circulation. A full
account also requires a discussion of widespread changes of work
experience, customary practices and moral values as households
became more dependent upon markets. In addition, the evidence of
transformative commercial growth in the medieval period gives rise
to numerous questions concerning its relationship to more modern
times. Modern economic growth and modern capitalism have often been
contrasted starkly with medieval economic stagnation and
traditionalism, but recent research implies a more continuous
process of economic development than that implied by these older
stereotypes. Many of the items in this collection are also relevant
to this more discursive aspect of medieval commercialisation.
Edited accounts from the estates of Durham Priory provide a rich
vein of information for the economic history of the time. This
volume provides a closely edited text of all the manorial accounts
surviving from Durham Priory estates before 1310. These include
twelve accounts for individual manors (the two earliest being from
1277-8), together with enrolled manorial accounts for the years
1296-7, 1299-1306 and 1309-10. The accounts supply detailed
evidence of farming activities on the twelve or so manors that were
farmed directly by the priory: their number fluctuated during
thecourse of the period. A couple of livestock inventories supply
additional material relating to the priory's sheep flocks. The
editor's introduction supplies a new study of the scale and
operations of the priory estate as documented both by the edited
accounts and by related material in the priory archive,
particularly bursars' accounts and the granators' accounts. It
includes a description of the priory's estate management and
accounting and an economic analysis of the the monks' arable and
pastoral activities.The introduction also calls attention to
material in the accounts relating to disturbances that affected the
priory in these years as a result of royal campaigns in Scotland
and the monk's conflict with Bishop Anthony Bek. The volume is
completed with a glossary of the Latin and Middle English words
used in the accounts. Richard Britnell, who specialised in the
social and economic history of the Middle Ages, was until his
retirement professor of History at Durham University.
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
With a special emphasis on the exchange of land between medieval
servile tenants--especially from the 13th century onward--this
scholarly examination of the peasant land market of the Middle Ages
explores the identification of peasant families with particular
lands to which they had a hereditary right. Using this theme to
explore village life and showing how peasants were affected by the
changes over time and place, this study employs primary source
material from the Winchester estates. Analyzing thousands of land
exchanges and interactions from more than 50 different manors on
Winchester, this volume reveals unparalleled opportunities for
comparing regional and local differences of experience.
The medieval development of the distinct region of north-east
England explored through close examination of landscape, religion
and history. The recent surge of interest in the political,
ecclesiastical, social and economic history of north-eastern
England is reflected in the essays in this volume. The topics
covered range widely, including the development of both rural and
urban life and institutions. There are contributions on the
well-known richness of Durham cathedral muniments, its priory and
bishopric, and there is also a particular focus on the institutions
and practices which evolved to deal with Scottish border problems.
A number of papers broach lesser-known subjects which accordingly
offer new territory for exploration, among them the distinctive
characteristics of local jurisdiction in the northern counties, the
formation of north-eastern landscapes, the course of agrarian
development in the region and the emergence of a northern gentry
class alongside the better known ecclesiastical and lay magnates.
CHRISTIAN D. LIDDY is Lecturer in History at the University of
Durham, where R.H. BRITNELL is Emeritus Professor.
Studies of the uses of literacy for the exercise of political and
economic power, in Latin Christendom and the wider world. This
pioneering collection of studies is concerned with the way in which
increasing literacy interacted with the desire of
thirteenth-century rulers to keep fuller records of their
government's activities, and the manner in whichthis literacy could
be used to safeguard or increase authority. In Europe the keeping
of archives became an increasingly normal part of everyday
administrative routines, and much has survived, owing to the
prolonged preference forparchment rather than paper; in the Eastern
civilisations material is more scarce. Papers discuss pragmatic
literacy and record keeping in both West and East, through the
medium of both literary and official texts. Thelate Professor
RICHARD BRITNELL taught in the Department of History at the
University of Durham. Contributors: RICHARD BRITNELL, THOMAS
BEHRMANN, MANUEL RIU, OLIVER GUYOTJEANNIN, GERARD SIVERY, MANFRED
GROTEN, MICHAELNORTH, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, PAUL HARVEY, GEOFFREY
MARTIN, GEOFFREY BARROW, ROBERT SWANSON, NICHOLAS OIKONOMIDES,
ELIZABETH ZACHARIADOU, I.H. SIDDIQUI, TIMOTHY BROOK, YOSHIYASU
KAWANE
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 Winchester pipe rolls - the estate accounts of the bishops of
Winchester - constitute one of the most remarkable documentary
survivals from medieval England, and are without parallel anywhere
in the world, supplying detailed evidence for agriculture, prices,
wages, the land market and peasant society in an exceptionally
well-preserved sequence from 1209 onwards. They have attracted the
attention of historians of medieval economy and society for over
acentury, first in deposit in the Public Record Office, more
recently in Hampshire Record Office. The essays collected here
celebrate their survival and demonstrate their quality, putting
them into perspective as a documentary source, and assessing how
far their evidence is representative of England as a whole. The
volume also demonstrates some of the new ways in which they are
being put to use to enhance knowledge of medieval England, with a
numberof the articles concerned with recent research projects. The
book is completed with a handlist of these records up to 1455, the
year in which the bishopric administration started to keep its
accounts in registers rather than rolls. Contributors: RICHARD H.
BRITNELL, BRUCE M. S. CAMPBELL, JOHN LANGDON, JOHN MULLAN, MARK
PAGE, K. J. STOCKS, CHRISTOPHER THORNTON, NICHOLAS C. VINCENT. The
late RICHARD BRITNELL was Professor of History at the University of
Durham.
`An indispensable series for anyone who wishes to keep abreast of
recent work in the field'. WELSH HISTORY REVIEW Volume VI of
Thirteenth Century England sees a new impetus behind this biennial
series. The conference which generates the studies - a generous
thirteen in this volume - has now moved to Durham, where Professor
MICHAEL PRESTWICH is Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor ROBIN FRAME
and Dr RICHARD BRITNELL are members of the History Department. It
is the publishers' hope that, like Anglo-Norman Studies, the series
will now be recognised as one which any library with a serious
interest in medieval history will need to possess. This latest
volume in the series takes a broad chronological approach, covering
a wide range of topics over a period extending from the late
twelfth to the early fourteenth century, the so-called `long
thirteenth century'. Embracing different aspects of the economic,
social and political history of the period, subjects include naval
warfare under Richard I; England's relations with Wales and
Scotland; the purchasing practices of great households, and the
management of the Winchester estates; the expulsion of Jews in
1290; and the construction and political message of the Vita
Edwardi Secundi. Two articles concern women, one looking at the
role of queens in granting pardons, the other at the fate of widows
in the aftermath of rebellion. Contributors: JOHN GILLINGHAM,
BARBARA HARVEY, MARK PAGE, PETER COSS,JENS ROEHRKASTEN, ROBERT C.
STACEY, SUSAN CRANE, J.J. CRUMP, FIONA WATSON, JOHN PARSONS, PAULA
DOBROWOLSKI, CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON, WENDY CHILDS
This series is home to scholarship of the highest order covering a
wide range of themes: from politics and warfare to administration,
justice and society. The topics of the papers in this book range
from the sublime to the macabre: romance, rape, money, politics and
religion. Wide-ranging papers cover many themes: the role of
knights in the civil war at the end of John's reign, the politics
of Ireland at the time of Richard Marshal's rebellion, the
crusading context of the de Montfort family, the Petition of the
Barons of 1258, and the government of England during Edward I's
absence on crusade form one group of papers which illuminate the
politics of the period. The history of the Jews in their final days
in England is examined, as are the techniques used to supply Edward
I's armies. Legal matters are considered, with papers on manorial
courts, capital punishment, and the offence of rape. Romance is
treated in a historical context with Edward I's marriage plans of
1294. Also included is discussion of the dissemination of the Sarum
rite, the building of Westminster Abbey, ecclesiastical mints, and
Matthew Paris's maps. Contributors: MARTIN ALLEN, DAVID CARPENTER,
DAVIDCROOK, KATHERINE FAULKNER, PETER EDBURY, PAUL HARVEY, RICHARD
HUSCROFT, NIGEL MORGAN, MARK ORMROD, ZEFIRA ROKEAH, CORINNE
SAUNDERS, BRENDAN SMITH, KATHERINE STOCKS, HENRY SUMMERSON, MARK
VAUGHN.
An indispensable series for anyone who wishes to keep abreast of
recent work in the field. WELSH HISTORY REVIEW The continued
vitality and rich diversity of thirteenth-century studies is
demonstrated in this latest volume in the series. Economic and
social history is particular well-served, with a close examination
of the concept of "bastard feudalism", while a detailed exploration
of the cloth industry and trade, together with a paper on London
wardrobes, with their implications of conspicuous consumption, add
much to our knowledge of the commercial world during the period.
There is also a particular focus on English relations with Wales
and Scotland under Edward I, and on the early history and
development of parliament. Other subjects treated include the
nature of Englishness; the serjeants of the Common Pleas; English
verse chronicles; and Henry III's marriage plans. Professor MICHAEL
PRESTWICH, Professor ROBIN FRAME and the late Professor RICHARD
BRITNELL taught at the Department of History at the University of
Durham. Contributors: SUSAN REYNOLDS, J.R. MADDICOTT, SCOTT L.
WAUGH, DEREK KEENE, PAUL BRAND, JOHN H. MUNRO, THEA SUMMERFIELD,
REBECCA READER, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, BJOERN WEILER, J. BEVERLEY
SMITH, ALAN YOUNG, MICHAEL HASKELL, HUGO SCHWYZER
All the available court records for an important part of medieval
Durham, presented with notes and apparatus. The borough of
Crossgate formed a large section of the medieval city of Durham. It
corresponded to the chapelry, later the parish, of St Margaret, and
was subject to the lordship of Durham Priory, in whose archives
these documents have survived, dating chiefly from the 1390s and to
the years 1498-1531. The records offer a sharp focus on the local
administration of justice, as well as containing graphic detail
concerning other aspects of urban society in the late middle ages.
They are printed here with a detailed rental of the borough from
the year 1500, which allows individual properties to be located and
mapped, while the apparatus is designed both to illuminate the
record and to serve as an introduction to historians needing to
consult other urban records.
This book analyzes the economic and social development of Britain
and Ireland between 1050 and 1530. It compares economic
institutions, the structure of production and rates of economic
development and is richly supplied with up-to-date evidence. After
considering the principal geographical, cultural and political
constraints on economic development, the book examines in detail
the development of towns and trade, settlement patterns,
agriculture and relations between lords and tenures. The book is
structured so that it can be used on both short courses and longer
ones, with the material divided at 1300 in order to facilitate its
adaptation for different study needs.
In this series of essays on the society and economy of England between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries, fourteen contributors address many of the most important themes in an era that experienced profound change in rural, commercial, urban and industrial life. Subjects covered include the growth of London, the commercial and urban development of the north, Italian merchants and banking, overseas trade, taxation, farm servants, hunting and poaching, changing relations between landlords and tenants, the expansion of the economy in the twelfth century and the great slump of the fifteenth.
The contributors to this collection of essays in honour of the
distinguished medieval historian Edward Miller pay tribute by
writing on the society and economy of England between the eleventh
and sixteenth centuries. They address many of the most important
themes of an era that witnessed profound change in rural,
commercial, urban and industrial life, and they focus in particular
on the progress achieved and the problems encountered. The subjects
covered include the growth of London, the commercial and urban
development of the north, Italian merchants and banking, overseas
trade, taxation, farm servants, hunting and poaching, changing
relations between landlords and tenants, the expansion of the
economy in the twelfth century, and the great slump of the
fifteenth. The book has been written by leading experts, and is a
major contribution to English medieval economic and social history.
England's economy between 1050 and 1550 mirrored that of much of
continental Europe in its growing dependence upon trade over both
short distances and long. The essays in this collection are the
fruit of forty years of research into the complex and interrelated
issues involved. Describing this change can be achieved in part
through quantitative indices, such as the number and size of towns,
markets and fairs, and the volume of monetary circulation. A full
account also requires a discussion of widespread changes of work
experience, customary practices and moral values as households
became more dependent upon markets. In addition, the evidence of
transformative commercial growth in the medieval period gives rise
to numerous questions concerning its relationship to more modern
times. Modern economic growth and modern capitalism have often been
contrasted starkly with medieval economic stagnation and
traditionalism, but recent research implies a more continuous
process of economic development than that implied by these older
stereotypes. Many of the items in this collection are also relevant
to this more discursive aspect of medieval commercialisation.
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