Courts and Regions in Medieval Europe - Hardcover

Rees Jones, Sarah; Marks, Richard; Minnis, A.j.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0952973472 ISBN 13: 9780952973478

Publisher: York Medieval Press, 2000

Synopsis

Studies draw on history, archaeology, art history and literature to examine the phenomenon of the court and its relationship with outlying and distant areas. What is a court? Is it synonymous with a capital? Are both dependent on the presence (or absence) of a ruler and the machinery of government and administration? Such issues are problematic, and the attempt to define the relationship between court and region is a central theme in the essays collected here. They employ a variety of disciplines, archaeology, art history, literature and history, to examine the phenomenon of the court and its relationship withthe immediate hinterland or more distant areas, in places as far apart as the Carolingian Empire and Lancastrian Normandy, London, York and Prague, and the timeframe extends from the beginning of the eighth century to the later years of the fifteenth. Contributors: STUART AIRLIE, ANDY ORCHARD, JULIAN D. RICHARDS, W.M. ORMROD, PAUL CROSSLEY, PETER RYCRAFT, ANNE CURRY, COLIN RICHMOND

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About the Authors

SARAH REES JONES is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of York, UK.

Professor Richard Marks FSA is a member of the History of Art Department at Cambridge University and specialises in medieval art, on which he has published extensively. He was born in Bedfordshire and has a long-standing interest in the county’s histor

Edition details

• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0952973472
• ISBN 13: 9780952973478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240