Format:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 456 p.)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780748632787
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9781282620155
Content:
This book examines the organisation of power and society in north-east England over two crucial centuries in the emergence of the English 'state'. England is usually regarded as medieval Europe's most centralised kingdom, yet the North-East was dominated by liberties - largely self-governing jurisdictions - that greatly restricted the English crown's direct authority in the region. These local polities receive here their first comprehensive discussion; and their histories are crucial for understanding questions of state-formation in frontier zones, regional distinctiveness, and local and natio
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Maps and Tables; Preface; Authors' Notes; Abbreviations; Manuscript and Record Sources; Introduction; 1 Durham: History, Culture and Identity; 2 Durham: Government, Administration and the Local Community; 3 Durham: Patronage, Service and Good Lordship; 4 Durham under Bishop Anthony Bek, 1283-1311; 5 Hexhamshire and Tynemouthshire; 6 Tynedale: Power, Society and Identities, c. 1200-1296; 7 Tynedale: A Community in Transition, 1296-c. 1400; 8 Redesdale; Conclusions and Wider Perspectives; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748632176
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0748632786
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748632787
Additional Edition:
Print version Border Liberties and Loyalties : North-East England, c. 1200 to c. 1400
Language:
English
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