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The fourteenth-century sheriff : English local administration in the late Middle Ages / Richard Gorski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorski, Richard, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sheriffs.
- History.
- Local government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1154-1399.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Local government--England--History--To 1500.
- Sheriffs--England--History--To 1500.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- A study of the careers of over 1200 sheriffs appointed in England during the fourteenth century.
- Contents:
- Communication and influence
- Patterns of appointment
- Wealth, status and locality
- Shrieval corruption
- Age, experience and career structure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0851159338
- OCLC:
- 50919927
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