Thirteenth Century England XV

Fruits of the most recent research into the "long" thirteenth century.The twin themes of authority and resistance are the focus of this volume, explored through topics such as landholding and secular politics, the church and religious orders and contemporary imagery and its reception. Together, thepapers combine to illustrate the variety of ways in which historians of the "long" thirteenth century are able to examine the practices and norms through which individuals and institutions sought to establish their authority, andthe ways in which these were open to challenge.JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales: Trinity Saint David; PHILLIPP SCHOFIELD is Professor of Medieval History at Aberystwyth University; BJORN WEILER is Professor of History at Aberystwyth University.Contributors: Helen Birkett, Richard Cassidy, Judith Collard, Peter Coss, Ian Forrest, Philippa Hoskin, Jennifer Jahner, Melissa Julian Jones, Fergus Oakes, John Sabapathy, Sita Steckel.

“Showcases both the best of traditional political history and welcomes new avenues for approaching thirteenth-century England. HISTORY”

Showcases both the best of traditional political history and welcomes new avenues for approaching thirteenth-century England. HISTORY

JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history. Ian Forrest is professor of social and religious history at the University of Oxford. Professor Philippa Hoskin is Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Fellow Librarian, Corpus Christi College, and Keeper of the Parker Library, University of Cambridge. She is also General Editor of the Lincoln Record Society. RICHARD CASSIDY studied history as an undergraduate at St Catherine's College, Oxford, in the 1960s. After retirement from a career in the gas industry, he returned to history, with an MA and PhD in medieval history at King's College, London. His PhD thesis 'The 1259 Pipe Roll' is the basis for an edition of that roll to be published by the Pipe Roll Society. Since completing his doctorate in 2012, he has published several articles on thirteenth-century royal finance and administration. He has also written a book, Approaching Pipe Rolls: The Thirteenth Century, to be published by Routledge in the Approaching Medieval Sources series

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