Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 2003(Thirteenth Century England)

About the Book

Aspects of the political, social, cultural, economic and ecclesiastical history of medieval England re-examined. This collection presents new and original research into the long thirteenth century, from c.1180-c.1330, with a particular focus on the reign of Edward II and its aftermath. Other topics examined include crown finances, markets and fairs, royal stewards, the aftermath of the Barons' War, Wace's Roman de Brut, and authority in Yorkshire nunneries; and the volume also follows the tradition of the series by looking beyond England, with contributions onthe role of Joan, wife of Llywelyn the Great in Anglo-Welsh relations, Dublin, and English landholding in Ireland, while the continental connection is represented by a comparison of aspects of English and French kingship. Contributors: David Carpenter, Nick Barratt, Emilia Jamroziak, Michael Ray, Susan Stewart, Louise J. Wilkinson, Sean Duffy, Beth Hartland, Francoise Le Saux, Henry Summerson, Janet Burton, H.S.A. Fox, David Crook, Margo Todd,Seymour Phillips

Table of Contents:
The Meetings of Kings Henry III and Louis IX - David Carpenter Counting the Cost: The Financial Implications of the Loss of Normandy - Nick Barratt Networks of Markets and Networks of Patronage in Thirteenth- Century England - Emilia Jamroziak Three Alien Royal Stewards in Thirteenth-Century England: The Careers and Legacy of Matthias Bezill, Imbert Pugeys and Peter de ChampventChampvent - Michael Ray The Eyre de terris datis, 1267-1272 - Susan Stewart Joan, Wife of Llywelyn the Great - Louise J. Wilkinson Town and Crown: The Kings of England and their City of Dublin - Sean Duffy English Landholding in Ireland - Beth Hartland The Reception of the Matter of Britain in Thirteenth-Century England: a Study of Some Anglo-Norman Manuscripts of Wace's Roman de BrutRoman de Brut - Francoise H M Le Saux Fearing God, Honouring the King: The Career of Robert de Chaury, Bishop of Carlisle, 1267-1278 - Henry Summerson Cloistered Women and Male Authority: Power and Authority in Yorkshire Nunneries in the Later Middle Ages - Janet Burton Taxation and Settlement in Medieval Devon - H S A Fox Clipstone Peel: Fortification and Politics from Bannockburn to the Treaty of Leake, 1314-1318 - David Crook Royal Patronage and Political Allegiance: The Household Knights of Edward II, 1314-1321 - Margo Todd `Edward II' in Italy: English and Welsh Political Exiles and Fugitives in Continental Europe, 1322-1364 - Seymour Phillips

About the Author :
Michael Prestwich is Professor of History at the University of Durham. DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood. HENRY SUMMERSON was awarded his Ph.D. by Cambridge University for a thesis on crime and law enforcement in England, 1227-1263. He has continued to work in this field, publishing numerous articles on aspects of medieval criminality, and editions, alone or in collaboration, of three crown pleas rolls, for Devon in 1238, Wiltshire in 1268 and Lancashire in 1292. 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. LOUISE J. WILKINSON is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln.

Review :
Specialists in various aspects of the history of thirteenth century England will be grateful for the excellent contributions contained in this fine volume.