Border Liberties and Loyalties: North-East England, C. 1200 to C. 1400

by Keith J. Stringer and Matthew L. Holford

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;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748632786
• ISBN13: 9780748632787
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher