Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1965. In A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 12171314, 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.
Table of ContentsPreface
List of Abbreviations
Part I: The Family
Chapter 1. The Family As a Social Unit in the Thirteenth Century
Chapter 2. The Earls of Glouchester and Henry III, 1217-1262
Chapter 3. Earl Gilbert The Red and The Baron's War
Chapter 4. Earl Gilbert The Red and Edward I
Chapter 5. The Last Earl
Chapter 6. Younger Brothers
Part II: The Estates
Chapter 7. Earl of Gloucester
Chapter 8. Lord of the March
Chapter 9. Lord of Kilkenny
Chapter 10. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Genealogical Tables
