English Politics in the Thirteenth Century
This book is an analytical study of English politics in the crucial period from John's reign to the Ordinance of 1311. It examines contemporary ideas about the nature of royal authority, and the attempts made to set limits on the crown. The nobility, is e
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British History in Perspective General Editor: J eremy Black PUBLISHED TITLES
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ENGLISH POLITICS INTHE THIRTEENTH CENTURY MICHAEL PRESTWICH Professor ofHistory University ofDurham
Macmillan Education
ISBN 978-0-333-41434-7 ISBN 978-1-349-20933-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20933-0
© Michael Prestwich 1990 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990 All rights reserved. For information, write: Scholarly and Reference Division, St. Martin's Press, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 First published in the United States of America in 1990
ISBN 978-0-312-04527-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Prestwich, Michael. English politics in the thirteenth century / Michael Prestwich. p. cm.-(British history in perspective) Indudes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-312-04527-2 1. Great Britain-Politics and government-1154-1399. 2. Great Britain-History-13th century. I. Tide. 11. Series. DA225.P74 1990 941.03--dc20 89-78230 CIP
CONTENTS
Preface Introduction
I
Kingship
VI
1 11
2 The Aristocracy
29
3 The County Community
47
4
The Church
64
5
Englishmen and Foreigners
79
6
Military Service
95
7 Taxation
109
8
129
Parliament and Community
Conclusion
146
References
150
Select Bibliography
164
Glossary
167
Index
170
PREFACE
THIS BOOK is intended to bring together recent ideas about the thirteenth century. The period is one which after so me years of relative dormancy is now attracting a great deal of attention, as a new generation of historians question the conclusions of their predecessors. My debt to the various scholars working in this area is therefore a huge one, as I ho pe the notes reveal. Special thanks are due to Dr Peter Coss and Dr Simon Lloyd, for organising a very stimulating series of conferences for historians of the thirteenth century. I am grateful to the many students whom I have taught for this period; I owe them more than they realise. I would like to give warm thanks to Dr Robin Frame for reading an initial print-out of this book, and providing extremely helpful suggestions and corrections. My wife has provided invaluable help at all stages of the preparation of this book; without her support and assistance it could not have been written. Durham, November 1989
MICHAEL PRESTWICH
VI
INTRODUCTION
THE thirteenth century was
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