The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century

Author: Marc Morris
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843831648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England. The Bigods were one of the most powerful and important families in thirteenth-century England. They are chiefly remembered for their dramatic interventions in high politics. Roger III Bigod (c. 1209-70) famously led the march on Westminster Hall in 1258 against Henry III, while Roger IV Bigod (1245-1306) confronted Edward I in 1297 in similar fashion. This book is the first full-scale study of these two earls, and explores in depth the reasons thatled each of them to take the extreme step of confronting his king. It is only in part, however, a political study. In seeking to understand the motives that lay behind their public actions, the book scrutinizes the earls' privateaffairs. It establishes for the first time the precise extent of their landed estate, the size of their incomes, and the membership and quality of their affinities. It also examines their relationships with friends and relatives, their building works, and even their personalities. Extensive use is made throughout of unpublished manuscript sources: in particular, the hundreds of ministers' accounts that have survived from the administration of Roger IV Bigod, and the charters given by both earls, which are calendared and translated in an appendix.

Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages

Author: Rees Davies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199542910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
It is well known that political, economic, and social power in the British Isles in the Middle Ages lay in the hands of a small group of domini-lords. In his final book, the late Sir Rees Davies explores the personalities of these magnates, the nature of their lordship, and the ways in which it was expressed in a diverse and divided region in the period 1272-1422. Although their right to rule was rarely questioned, the lords flaunted their identity and superiority through the promotion of heraldic lore, the use of elevated forms of address, and by the extravagant display of their wealth and power. Their domestic routine, furnishings, dress, diet, artistic preferences, and pastimes all spoke of a lifestyle of privilege and authority. Warfare was a constant element in their lives, affording access to riches and reputation, but also carrying the danger of capture, ruin and even death, while their enthusiasm for crusades and tournaments testified to their energy and bellicose inclinations. Above all, underpinning the lords' control of land was their control of men-a complex system of dependence and reward that Davies restores to central significance by studying the British Isles as a whole. The exercise and experience of lordship was far more varied than the English model alone would suggest.

Thirteenth Century England XVII

Author: Andrew Spencer
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275707
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Essays looking at the links between England and Europe in the long thirteenth century.

Medieval Hostageship c.700-c.1500

Author: Matthew Bennett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134996055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
This volume explores the issues of taking, using and being hostages in the Middle Ages. It brings together recent research in the areas of hostages and hostageships, looking at the act of hostage-taking and the hostages themselves through the lenses of political and social history. Building upon previous work, this volume in particular critically examines not only the situations of hostages and hostageships but also the broader social and political context of each situation, developing a more complete picture of the phenomenon.

Thirteenth Century England III: Proceedings of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Conference 1989

Author: Simon D. Lloyd
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851155487
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Thirteen papers from the 1989 Newcastle-upon-Tyne conference.

The Household Knights of Edward III

Author: Matthew Hefferan
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
First extended survey of the subject, looking at the knights' activities, roles, background and service.

The Royal Bastards of Twelfth Century England

Author: James Turner
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399067389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate relatives. While their many contributions have too often been overlooked, these illegitimate sons, daughters and siblings occupied crucial positions within the edifice of royal authority, serving their legitimate relatives as proxies and lieutenants. In addition to occupying roles and offices at the center of royal administration, Anglo-Norman and Angevin royal bastards, exiled to the fringes of family identity by a twist of fate, provided the kings of England with military and political support from amidst the aristocratic affinities into which they were embedded. Rather than merely inert pieces on the dynastic game board or passive conduits of royal association, these men and women were engaged participants in contemporary politics, proactively cultivating and shaping the thrones’ relationship with its principal subjects. This book, the first full length study dedicated to the subject, examines the seminal conflicts and changing shape of the royal dynasty during a period of turbulent and formative development in the nature and institutions royal government through the rarely before accessed perspective of the reigning monarchs’ illegitimate family members and deputies. More than that this study aims, as far as possible, to illuminate and bring to life the lives, triumphs and tragedies of these fascinating half-forgotten personages. The victims of a rapid and profound demographic and social change which drastically recontextualized their position with royal family identity and aristocratic society, the bastards of the English royal family found new methods to survive and thrive.

Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England

Author: Andrew M. Spencer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110702675X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
This book reassesses the relationship between Edward I and his earls, and the role of English nobility in thirteenth-century governance.

Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Author: Susan Broomhall
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137531169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
This collection explores how situations of authority, governance, and influence were practised through both gender ideologies and affective performances in medieval and early modern England. Authority is inherently relational it must be asserted over someone who allows or is forced to accept this dominance. The capacity to exercise authority is therefore a social and cultural act, one that is shaped by social identities such as gender and by social practices that include emotions. The contributions in this volume, exploring case studies of women and men's letter-writing, political and ecclesiastical governance, household rule, exercise of law and order, and creative agency, investigate how gender and emotions shaped the ways different individuals could assert or maintain authority, or indeed disrupt or provide alternatives to conventional practices of authority.

The English Aristocracy at War

Author: David Simpkin
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843833883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
A new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families.