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Book Synopsis`Set to become an indispensible series for anyone who wishes to keep abreast of recent work in the field.' WELSH HISTORY REVIEWImportant papers playing a key role in re-awakening scholarly interest in a comparatively neglected period of English history.The thirteen papers in this volume represent a significant step forward in knowledge and understanding of a number of aspects of 13th-century England -in particular its economy, coinage, religious life and belief, manorial farming, language attitudes and norms, cartography and geographic perception, domestic architecture, foreign relations, and internal politics. CONTRIBUTORS: J.L. BOLTON, R.J. EAGLEN, CHRISTOPHER THORNTON, MIRI RUBIN, MARGARET HOWELL, R.A. LODGE, PHILIP DIXON, P.D.A. HARVEY, JEFFREY DENTON, CHRISTOPHER HOLDSWORTH, NICHOLAS C. VINCENT, S.D. CHURCH, ROBIN FRAME.
Trade ReviewThe uniformly high quality of the papers bear[s] testimony to the flourishing state of 13th-century studies. * . *
Table of ContentsInflation, Economics and Politics in Thirteenth-Century England - James L Bolton The Evolution of Coinage in Thirteenth-Century England - R J Eaglen Efficiency in Medieval Livestock Farming: The Fertility and Mortality of Herds and Flocks at Rimpton, Somerset, 1208-1349 - Christopher Thornton What did the Eucharist mean to Thirteenth-Century Villagers? - Miri Rubin The Children of King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence - Margaret Howell Language Attitudes and Linguistic Norms in France and England in the Thirteenth Century - R.A. Lodge From Hall to Tower: The Change in Seigneurial Houses on the Anglo-Scottish Border after c.1250 - Philip Dixon Matthew Paris's Maps of Britain - Paul D A Harvey From the Foundation of Vale Royal Abbey to the Statute of Carlisle: Edward I and Ecclesiastical Patronage - Jeffrey Denton Royal Cistercians: Beaulieu, her Daughters and Rewley - C J Holdsworth The Knights of the Household of King John: A Question of Numbers - Stephen D. Church Simon de Montfort's First Quarrel with King Henry III - Nicholas Vincent King Henry III and Ireland: The Shaping of a Peripheral Lordship - Robin Frame
