The period between the late tenth and late twelfth centuries saw many changes in the structure and composition of the European and English aristocracy. One of the most important is the growth in local power bases and patrimonies at the expense of wider property and kinship ties. In this volume, the author uses the organisation of aristocracy in East Anglia as a case-study to explore the issue as a whole, considering the extent to which local families adopted national and European values, and investigating the role of local circumstances in the formulation of regional patterns and frameworks....
The period between the late tenth and late twelfth centuries saw many changes in the structure and composition of the European and English aristocracy...
For more than forty years Nicholas Brooks has been at the forefront of research into early medieval Britain. In order to honour the achievements of one of the leading figures in Anglo-Saxon studies, this volume brings together essays by an internationally renowned group of scholars on four themes that the honorand has made his own: myths, rulership, church and charters. Myth and rulership are addressed in articles on the early history of Wessex, A thelflA d of Mercia and the battle of Brunanburh; contributions concerned with charters explore the means for locating those hitherto lost, the use...
For more than forty years Nicholas Brooks has been at the forefront of research into early medieval Britain. In order to honour the achievements of on...
