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Book Synopsis[The series is] a necessary addition for any scholar working in this field. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES Editors: Janet Burton, Björn Weiler, Philipp Schofield, Karen Stöber The thirteenth century brought the British Isles into ever closer contact with one another, and with medieval Europe as a whole. This international dimensionforms a dominant theme of this collection: it features essays on England's relations with the papal court; the adoption of European cultural norms in Scotland; Welsh society and crusading; English landholding in Ireland; and dealings between the kings of England and Navarre. Other papers, on ritual crucifixion, concepts of office and ethcis, and the English royal itinerary, show that the thirteenth century was also a period of profound political and cultural change, witnessing the transformation of legal and economic structures [represented here by case studies of noblewomen and their burial customs; and a prolonged inheritance dispute in Laxton]. This volume testifies to the continuing vitality and [with contributors from three continents and six countries] international nature of scholarship on medieval Britain; and moves beyond the Channel to make an important contribution to the history of medieval Europes. Contributors: ROBERT STACEY, FRÉDÉRIQUE LACHAUD, STEPHEN CHURCH, CHRISTIAN HILLEN, JESSICA NELSON, MATTHEW HAMMOND, KATHRYN HURLOCK, NICHOLAS VINCENT, ADAM DAVIES, HUI LIU, EMMA CAVELL, DAVID CROOK, BETH HARTLAND
Table of Contents`Adam of Bristol' and Tales of Ritual Crucifixion in Medieval England - Robert C. Stacey Ethics and Office in England in the Thirteenth Century - Frédérique Lachaud Some Aspects of the Royal Itinerary in the Twelfth Century - Stephen D. Church The Minority Governments of Henry III, Henry [VII] and Louis IX in Comparison - Christian Hillen Scottish Queenship in the Thirteenth Century - Jessica Nelson Ethnicity, Personal Names, and the Nature of Scottish Europeanization - Matthew Hammond Power, Preaching and the Crusades in Pura Wallia c.1180-c.1280 - Kathryn Hurlock A Forgotten War: England and Navarre, 1243-4 - Nicholas Vincent The Appointment of Cardinal-deacon Otto as Legate in Britain [1237] - Adam Davies Matthew Paris and John Mansel - Hui Liu The Burial of Noblewomen in Thirteenth-Century Shropshire - Emma Cavell Dynstic Conflicy in Thirteenth-Century Laxton - David Crook Absenteeism: The Chronology of a Concept - Beth Hartland
