Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England: The Earls and Edward I, 1272-1307

ISBN-13: 9781107608481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str.

Andrew M. Spencer

Opis

This book reassesses the relationship between Edward I and his earls, and the role of English nobility in thirteenth-century governance.

Recenzje

'Andrew M. Spencer's Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England provides a new and enterprising view of an old subject by arguing, contra almost everyone, that most of Edward's earls were loyalists during the great crises of his reign and that their local power was more dependent on the defence and extension of jurisdictional rights than on their use of retainers to control the shires.' John Maddicott, 'Books of the Year', History Today

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The Earls and their lands; Part I. The King and the Earls: 2. Consorts, companions and counsellors; 3. Justice, franchises, war and reward; Part II. The Earls in Local Society: 4. Introduction to Earls in local society; 5. The creation of comital followings; 6. The exercise of comital power; Part III. Politics and the Earls: 7. The making of Edwardian power, 1265–86; 8. The Testing Ground, 1286–1307; Conclusion.