Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles

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Edited by Michael Prestwich

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: September 2012
Print publication year:: 2008
Online ISBN:: 9781846156540

Subjects:: British History 1066-1450, History

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In-depth examinations of the role played by liberties across the British Isles. The liberties and franchises of medieval England have been a neglected area of study in recent years, yet they were an important aspect of government and society, providing an influential basis of collective awareness, aspiration and loyalty. The papers in this volume examine them in a wide British context (the north of England, the Welsh march, Ireland and Scotland), from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, looking at the varied role that liberties played in defining local identities and providing bases of power; other topics addressed include their maintenance of law and order, as well as the threat they might present, and their part in military recruitment. Contributors: MELANIE DEVINE, CLARE ETTY, SANDY GRANT, BETH HARTLAND, MATT HOLFORD, MAX LIEBERMAN, CYNTHIA NEVILLE, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, KEITH STRINGER, HENRY SUMMERSON.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of maps
pp vi-vi

Abbreviations
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-4

1 - States, liberties and communities in medieval Britain and Ireland (c.1100–1400)
pp 5-36

2 - Arbitration and Anglo-Scottish border law in the later middle ages
pp 37-55

3 - Peacekeepers and lawbreakers in medieval Northumberland, c.1200–c.1500
pp 56-76

4 - War, lordship, and community in the liberty of Norhamshire
pp 77-97

5 - The lordship of Richmond in the later middle ages
pp 98-110

6 - ‘Tam infra libertates quam extra’: Liberties and military recruitment
pp 111-119

7 - Neighbours from Hell? Living with Tynedale and Redesdale, 1489–1547
pp 120-140

8 - Striving for Marcher liberties: The Corbets of Caus in the thirteenth century
pp 141-154

9 - Franchises north of the border: Baronies and regalities in medieval Scotland
pp 155-199

10 - The liberties of Ireland in the reign of Edward I
pp 200-216

Index
pp 217-225

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