Records, administration and aristocratic society in the Anglo-Norman realm : papers commemorating the 800th anniversary of King John's loss of Normandy / edited by Nicholas Vincent
Edition
1st ed
Published
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2009
Introduction: The record of 1204 / Nicholas Vincent -- "In testimonium factorum brevium" : the beginnings of the English chancery rolls / David Carpenter -- The earliest Exchequer estreat and the forest eyres of Henry II and Thomas fitz Bernard, 1175-80 / David Crook -- Theory and practice in the making of twelfth-century pipe rolls / Mark Hagger -- Between three realms : the acts of Waleran II, Count of Meulan and Worcester / David Crouch -- Archbishop Geoffrey of York : a problem in Anglo-French maternity / Marie Lovatt -- Hugh de Gundeville (fl. 1147-81) / Nicholas Vincent -- Guérin de Glapion, Seneschal of Normandy (1200-1) : service and ambition under the Plantagenet and Capetian kings / Daniel Power
Summary
The major theme of this volume is the records of the Anglo-Norman realm, and how they are used separately and in combination to construct the history of England and Normandy. The essays cover all types of written source material, including private charter
