Border liberties and loyalties : north-east England, c.1200 - c.1400 / M.L. Holford and K.J. Stringer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holford, M. L.

Contributor:

Stringer, K. J. (Keith John)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State-local relations--England--History--To 1500.

State-local relations.

England, North East--History--To 1500.

England, North East.

England, North East--Administrative and political divisions--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the organisation of power and society in north-east England over two crucial centuries in the emergence of the English 'state'. England is usually regarded as medieval Europe's most centralised kingdom, yet the North-East was dominated by liberties - largely self-governing jurisdictions - that greatly restricted the English crown's direct authority in the region. These local polities receive here their first comprehensive discussion; and their histories are crucial for understanding questions of state-formation in frontier zones, regional distinctiveness, and local and natio

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Maps and Tables; Preface; Authors' Notes; Abbreviations; Manuscript and Record Sources; Introduction; 1 Durham: History, Culture and Identity; 2 Durham: Government, Administration and the Local Community; 3 Durham: Patronage, Service and Good Lordship; 4 Durham under Bishop Anthony Bek, 1283-1311; 5 Hexhamshire and Tynemouthshire; 6 Tynedale: Power, Society and Identities, c. 1200-1296; 7 Tynedale: A Community in Transition, 1296-c. 1400; 8 Redesdale; Conclusions and Wider Perspectives; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612620157

9780748651405

0748651403

9781282620155

1282620150

9780748632176

0748632174

OCLC:

638860050