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Book Synopsis`An indispensable series for anyone who wishes to keep abreast of recent work in the field'. WELSH HISTORY REVIEWVolume VI of
Thirteenth Century England sees a new impetus behind this biennial series. The conference which generates the studies - a generous thirteen in this volume - has now moved to Durham, where Professor MICHAEL PRESTWICH is Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor ROBIN FRAME and Dr RICHARD BRITNELL are members of the History Department. It is the publishers' hope that, like
Anglo-Norman Studies, the series will now be recognised as one which any library with a serious interest in medieval history will need to possess. This latest volume in the series takes a broad chronological approach, covering a wide range of topics over a period extending from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century, the so-called `long thirteenth century'. Embracing different aspects of the economic, social and political history of the period, subjects include naval warfare under Richard I; England's relations with Wales and Scotland; the purchasing practices of great households, and the management of the Winchester estates; the expulsion of Jews in 1290; and the construction and political message of the
Vita Edwardi Secundi. Two articles concern women, one looking at the role of queens in granting pardons, the other at the fate of widows in the aftermath of rebellion. Contributors: JOHN GILLINGHAM, BARBARA HARVEY, MARK PAGE, PETER COSS,JENS RÖHRKASTEN, ROBERT C. STACEY, SUSAN CRANE, J.J. CRUMP, FIONA WATSON, JOHN PARSONS, PAULA DOBROWOLSKI, CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON, WENDY CHILDS
Trade ReviewAs usual, there is something for everybody, with papers on military, economic, social, ecclesiastical, urban, and women's history... Accomplishes what the editors intended, to demonstrate the vitality of thirteenth-century studies. * ALBION *
Table of Contents`Richard I, Galley-Warfare and Portsmouth: the beginnings of a Royal Navy'. - `The Aristocratic Consumer in England in the Long Thirteenth Century'. - Barbara F Harvey Richard I, galley-warfare and Portsmouth: the beginnings of a Royal Navy - John B Gillingham The Aristocratic consumer in England in the long thirteenth century - Barbara Harvey Challenging custom: the auditors of the bishopric of Winchester c.1300-c.1310 - Mark Page Identity and the gentry c.1200-c.1340 - Peter Coss Mendicants in the metropolis: the Londoners and the development of the London friaries - Parliamentary negotiation and the expulsion of the Jews from England - Robert C. Stacey Social aspects of bilingualism in the thirteenth century - Susan Crane The Mortimer family and the making of the march - J.J. Crump Settling the stalemate: Edward I's peace in Scotland, 1303-1305 - Fiona Watson The intercessionary patronage of Queens Margaret and Isabella of France - John C Parsons Women and their dower in the long thirteenth century, 1265-1329 - Paula B. Dobrowolski Vita Edwardi Secundi - memoir or journal - Christopher Given-Wilson Resistance and treason in the Vita Edwardi Secundi - Wendy Childs
