England Under Edward I and Edward II 1259-1327

by Raban, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780631223207
• ISBN10: 0631223207
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book covers the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a time of turbulence among the leaders of society, important developments in the law and constitution alongside extreme suffering among the peasantry. The author examines the key events and institutions of the period, explaining how we know about them and reviewing important debates among historians. Building outwards from the land and its inhabitants, to government, politics, and the formative role of the church, Sandra Raban makes comparisons with the wider world, as well as exploring broader aspects of culture. Highlighting the extraordinary contrasts which were a feature of Britain during this period, the book makes use of a wealth of artistic material to capture the atmosphere of late-thirteenth- and early-fourteenth-century England in all its colour and diversity.

Author Biography

Sandra Raban is Fellow in History at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and formerly lectured at Homerton College. She is the author of Mortmain Legislation and the English Church, 1279-1500 (1982) and a number of studies on the 1279-80 hundred rolls. She is now working on an edition of the registers of the late-thirteenth- and early-fourteenth-century abbots of Peterborough.

Table of Contents

List of Plates	viii
List of Maps	x
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
The Land	7	(16)
The People: Rural Society	23	(19)
The People: Towns and Traders	42	(20)
The Church	62	(21)
Culture	83	(23)
Government and Administration	106	(22)
Politics	128	(24)
England and the Wider World	152	(21)
Conclusion	173	(4)
Appendix 1: Selective Family Trees	177	(3)
Appendix 2: Chronology	180	(2)
Bibliography	182	(13)
Index	195