{"product_id":"lordship-in-four-realms-the-lacy-family-1166-1241-9781784991173","title":"Lordship in Four Realms: The Lacy Family,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the rise and fall of the aristocratic Lacy family in England, Ireland, Wales and Normandy. This involves a unique analysis of medieval lordship in action, as well as a re-imagining of the role of English kingship in the western British Isles and a rewriting of seventy-five years of Anglo-Irish history. By viewing the political landscape of Britain and Ireland from the perspective of one aristocratic family, this book produces one of the first truly transnational studies of individual medieval aristocrats. This results in an in-depth investigation of aristocratic and English royal power over five reigns, including during the tumultuous period of King John and Magna Carta. By investigating how the Lacys sought to rule their lands in four distinct realms, this book also makes a major contribution to current debates on lordship and the foundations of medieval European society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In extending his study to cover the interactions of Gautier de Lacy with the aristocracy of his times, the author exposes the tensions deliberately provoked by the monarchy in order to unbalance, to its advantage, relations   between the great lords of the four realms.'  \u003cbr\u003eCAHIERS DE CIVILISATION MÉDIÉVALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Veach has provided an important account of the advantages and disadvantages of simultaneously holding aristocratic estates in the different parts of ‘the Plantagenet empire’. He has also shed new light on the contrasts and similarities between the reigns of Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III. His book deserves to be widely read and it is to be hoped that it will lead to further studies of transnational aristocratic families.'\u003cbr\u003eThe English Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lordship in four realms is a notable debut, and it is not only historians of medieval Ireland who will look forward to the work that is to follow.'\u003cbr\u003eIrish Historical Review\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Hugh de Lacy\u003cbr\u003e1. A transnational magnate: 1166–74\u003cbr\u003e2. ‘Lord of the foreigners of Ireland’: 1177–86\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Walter de Lacy\u003cbr\u003e3. Divided allegiance: 1189–99\u003cbr\u003e4. Factionalism: 1199–1206\u003cbr\u003e5. Royal v. aristocratic lordship: 1206–16\u003cbr\u003e6. Sheriff of Herefordshire: 1216–22\u003cbr\u003e7. The dangers of transnational lordship: 1222–41\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Lordship\u003cbr\u003e8. Lordship in four realms\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Family trees\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Tables\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: Charter of Walter de Lacy\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042318877015,"sku":"9781784991173","price":23.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784991173.jpg?v=1750953894","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lordship-in-four-realms-the-lacy-family-1166-1241-9781784991173","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}