"Thirteenth Century England XIV" ed. by Janet Burton, Phillipp Schofield, Björn Weiler

This book reflects the continued and wide interest in England and its neighbours in the years between Magna Carta and the Black Death, with many of them particularly seeking to set England in its European context.

There are three main strands to the volume.
The first is the social dimension of power, and the norms and practice of politics: attention is drawn to the variety of roles open to members of the clergy, but also peasants and townsmen, and the populace at large.
Several chapters explore the manifestations and instruments of social identity, such as the seals used by the leading elites of thirteenth-century London, and the marriage practices of the English aristocracy.
The third main focus is the uses of the past. Matthew Paris, the most famous chronicler of the period, receives due attention, in particular his changing attitude towards the monarch, but the Vita Edwardi Secundi's portrayal of Thomas of Lancaster and the Anglo-Norman Prose Brut are also considered.


Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Politics and the People in Thirteenth-Century England
Peasants, Litigation and Agency in Medieval England: the Development of Law in Manorial Courts in the Late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries
Medieval Accounting Memoranda from Norwich Cathedral Priory
The Seals of London's Governing Elite in the Thirteenth Century
The Marriages of the English Earls in the Thirteenth Century: a Social Perspective
Monks and Politics in Thirteenth-Century Wales and Catalonia
Lope Fernandez, Bishop of Morocco: his Diplomatic Role in the Planning of an Anglo-Castilian Crusade into Northern Africa
On Kingship and Tyranny: Grosseteste's Memorandum and its Place in the Baronial Reform Movement
St Edmund of Canterbury and Henry ID in the Shadow of Thomas Becket
Matthew Paris and the Royal Christmas: Ritualised Communication in Text and Practice
Thomas of Lancaster in the Vita Edwardi Secundi: a Study in Disillusionment
Matthew Paris and the Royal Christmas: Ritualised Communication in Text and Practice
Thomas of Lancaster in the Vita Edwardi Secundi: a Study in Disillusionment
John and Henry m in the Anglo-Norman Prose Brut
Genealogiae orbiculatae: Matthew Paris and the Invention of Visual Abstracts of English History
The Genealogical Chronicles of Matthew Paris: Edition
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