A Baronial Family in Medieval England
A Baronial Family in Medieval England

Author: Michael Altschul

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2019-12-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1421436183

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Originally published in 1965. In A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217–1314, Michael Altschul studies the Clare family during the thirteenth century. The Clares spearheaded the struggle to enforce Magna Carta in the Barons' War. Historians prior to Altschul tended to neglect the Clares' history given the scattered nature of the archives documenting their time as a politically influential and powerful family. This book unfolds chronologically, outlining the Clares' rise to preeminence and describing how they administered their estates and income.

Landlords, Peasants and Politics in Medieval England
Landlords, Peasants and Politics in Medieval England

Author: T. H. Aston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-11-02

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780521031271

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The articles in this book, reprinted from the journal Past and Present, are all, in different ways, concerned with the ownership of landed property in medieval England and with those who worked the land. Problems debated include those concerning the keeping intact of the great estates of the Anglo-Norman barons in the face of both inheritance claims and of political manipulation by the crown. Other articles show that the difficulties of knights and lesser gentry were no less complex, as social shifts resulted from economic developments as well as from their military role and their relationships with their overlords. The essays are of as much importance for those interested in the history of politics as to those concerned with the economy and society of medieval England.

A Chronology of Medieval British History
A Chronology of Medieval British History

Author: Timothy Venning

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-05-21

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 1000042324

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A Chronology of Medieval British History 1066–1307 covers events in British history, starting with the arrival of the new Norman ruling dynasty which ‘connected’ British politics, culture, religion and society more closely to mainland Europe, and ending with Edward I’s death and Robert Bruce’s revolt in 1307. The book is designed as a year-by-year guide to political, military, religious and cultural developments, centred on the states within the British Isles – England, Scotland, the Welsh states until annexation in 1282, and Ireland until conquest in the 1170s. Throughout the book, a detailed but succinct narrative of events is provided, clearly explaining what happened and when. The relevant sources and the latest academic studies for each period are listed, and any difficulties relating to the dating, accuracy and interpretation of records are identified. Comprehensive and accessible, A Chronology of Medieval British History 1066–1307 will be of great use to students of medieval British and European history.

The Making of the Neville Family in England, 1166-1400
The Making of the Neville Family in England, 1166-1400

Author: Charles R. Young

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780851156682

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A study of power in the middle ages: the Nevilles of Raby, who included among their members Warwick the Kingmaker, was one of the major baronial families in England. The story of the Neville family is a fascinating one. From their inconspicuous beginnings in Lincolnshire after the Norman Conquest, by the fourteenth century the Nevilles of Raby were among the most influential groups in the north of England, virtually ruling the area by means of the royal offices they held, and their political power reached its zenith in the fifteenth century with Richard de Neville, earl of Warwick, the so-called Kingmaker. This new study aims to answer the question of how a family of knightly status but with no special prominence was able to rise to such heights, tracing its growth and development through a careful examination of surviving documents; it also illustrates how the governance of medieval England worked with the cooperation of baronial families in a pragmatic manner, quite apart from any abstract legal or constitutional principles. CHARLES R. YOUNG is Professor Emeritusof History at Duke University.

Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England
Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England

Author: Andrew M. Spencer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 110702675X

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

Legends, Tradition and History in Medieval England
Legends, Tradition and History in Medieval England

Author: Antonia Gransden

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-07-15

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 0826439462

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In this collection of essays, Antonia Gransden brings out the virtues of medieval writers and highlights their attitudes and habits of thought. She traces the continuing influence of Bede, the greatest of early medieval English historians, from his death to the 16th century. Bede's clarity and authority were welcomed by generations of monastic historians. At the other end is a humble 14th-century chronicle produced at Lynn with little to add other than a few local references.

English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages
English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages

Author: Jennifer Ward

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1317899156

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This vivid and pioneering study illuminates the different roles played in late medieval society by noblewomen - the most substantial group of women to survive as individuals in medieval documents. They emerge (despite limited political opportunities) as figures of consequence themselves in a landowning society through estate management in their husbands' frequent absences, and through hospitality, patronage and affinity.

The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England
The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England

Author: Joseph Biancalana

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-09-27

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 1139430823

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Fee tails were a heritable interest in land which was both inalienable and could only pass at death by inheritance to descendants of the original grantee. Biancalana's study considers the origins of the entail, and the development of a reliable legal mechanism for their destruction, the common recovery.