Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England - The Earls and Edward I, 1272-1307

This book reassesses the relationship between Edward I and his earls and the role of English nobility in thirteenth-century governance.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Earls and their lands; Part I. The King and the Earls: 2. Consorts, companions and counsellors; 3. Justice, franchises, war and reward; Part II. The Earls in Local Society: 4. Introduction to Earls in local society; 5. The creation of comital followings; 6. The exercise of comital power; Part III. Politics and the Earls: 7. The making of Edwardian power, 1265-86; 8. The Testing Ground, 1286-1307; Conclusion.

About the author

Andrew M. Spencer was educated at King's College London, where he won the Derby–Bryce Prize for History, and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and a Research Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Spencer, Andrew M. Spencer, Andrew M. (University of Cambridge) Spencer, Dr Andrew M. Spencer, Dr Andrew M. (University of Cambridge) Spencer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107026759
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02675-9
• No. of pages: 317
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, History, Social & cultural history, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, European history: medieval period, middle ages