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Book SynopsisStudies in economic, political and social history in 13c England.This latest volume in the series of selected proceedings of the conferences on thirteenth-century England, held biennially at Newcastle upon Tyne since 1985, contains fourteen papers given at the 1993 conference, most of them modified and expanded from their oral versions. As previously, they range widely over a variety of topics, embracing aspects of the political, legal, administrative, economic, religious and social history of the period, from merchantsand trade in medieval England to hagiographical writings and the role of the household knights of Edward I; there is also an important historiographical introductory essay considering past and present approaches to the study of thirteenth-century England, and indicating possible trends in the future. Contributors: M.T. CLANCHY, PHILIP MORGAN, RUTH INGAMELLS, ROBERT BARTLETT, BRIAN GOLDING, ANDREW H. HERSHEY, SCOTT L. WAUGH, JAMES MASSCHAELE, R.H.BRITNELL, W.M. ORMROD, ANDREW F.McGUINNESS, R. MALCOLM HOGG, MICHAEL BURGER, A.A.M. DUNCAN
Trade ReviewEach paper in this volume is worth reading, and that is saying a lot. * ALBION *
An effective bringing together [of] a wealth of detailed research. * HISTORY *
Table of ContentsInventing thirteenth-century england: Stubbs, Tout, Powicke - now what? - Michael Clanchy Making the english gentry - Philip Morgan The political role of the household knights of Edward I - Ruth Ingamells The hagiography of angevin england - Robert Bartlett Gerald of wales and the monks - Brian Golding Success or failure? Hugh Bigod and judicial reform during the Baronial movement, June 1258 - February 1259 - A Hershey The origins and early development of the articles of the Escheator - Scott L. Waugh Urban trade in medieval england: the evidence of foreign gild membership lists - James Masschaele Sedentary long-distance trade and the english merchant class in thirteenth-century england - Richard H Britnell Royal finance in thirteenth-century england - W. Mark Ormrod Non-armigerous seals and seal-usage in thirteenth-century england - A McGuiness Some thirteenth-century english book prices - R M Hogg Bishops, archdeacons and communication between centre and locality in the diocese of Lincoln, c.1214-99 - M Burger The process of norham, 1291 - Archibald A M Duncan
