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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.
Summary
Paying particular reference to the Earls of Lancaster, Gloucester, Lincoln, Cornwall, Warenne and Hereford, Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England offers a detailed analysis of the political, governmental, social and military lives of the earls during the reign of Edward I and evaluates their position in thirteenth-century politics.
