| Description |
1 online resource (481 pages) |
| Contents |
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, 12831311; 5 Hexhamshire and Tynemouthshire; 6 Tynedale: Power, Society and Identities, c. 12001296; 7 Tynedale: A Community in Transition, 1296c. 1400; 8 Redesdale; Conclusions and Wider Perspectives; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
State-local relations -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Administrative and political divisions
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State-local relations
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| SUBJECT |
England, North East -- History -- To 1500
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England, North East -- Administrative and political divisions -- History
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| Subject |
England
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England -- England, North East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stringer, Keith J
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| ISBN |
9780748632176 |
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0748632174 |
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