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Book SynopsisNew research on political, social, legal and religious history of England and neighbours, 7c-13cThe essays in this volume derive in the main, though not exclusively, from the 13th annual conference held in Houston in November 1994. Written by an international group of scholars, they centre on the history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Anglo-Norman and Angevin periods. Of particular interest is a wide-ranging and well-illustrated article on medieval bridges; other topics include the Anglo-Norman patrons of Bury St Edmunds, Anglo-Welsh relations before 1066, the legal status of the Britons in seventh-century Wessex, and the Hundred Rolls. There is also a particular focus on the roles played by women, with articles on Henry I's queen Adeliza of Louvain, and the Anglo-Norman countesses of Chester. Contributors: EMMA COWNIE, NICHOLAS BROOKS, LOUIS M. ALEXANDER, JOHN R.E. BLIESE, FREDERICK C. SUPPE, W. SCOTT JESSEE, H.B. TEUNIS, JULIE POTTER, LAURA WERTHEIMER, SUSANJOHNS, R.H. HELMHOLZ, S.F.C. MILSOM, DAVID ROFFE
Table of Contents- Religious Patronage at Post-Conquest Bury St. Edmunds - Emma Cownie Medieval Bridges: a Window onto Changing Concepts of State Power - Nicholas Brooks The Legal Status of the Native Britons in Late Seventh-Century Wessex as Reflected by the Law Code of Ine - Louis M. Alexander St. Cuthbert's and St. Neot's Help in War: Visions and Exhortations - John R.E. Bliese Who was Rhys Sais? Some Comments on Anglo-Welsh Relations before 1066 - Frederick C Suppe Urban Violence and the Coup d'Etat of Fulk le Rechin in Angers, 1067 - W. Scott Jessee The Countergift in Caritate According to the Cartulary of Noyers - Henk Teunis The Vita Gundulfi in its Historical Context - Julie Potter Adeliza of Louvain and Anglo-Norman Queenship - Laura Wertheimer The Wives and Widows of the Earl of Chester, 1100-1252: the Charter Evidence - Susan M Johns Excommunication and the Angevin Leap Forward - R.H. Helmholz Maitland and the Grand Assize - S.F.C. Milsom The Hundred Rolls and their Antecedents: Some Thoughts on the Inquisition in Thirteenth-Century England - David Roffe
