About this title: Historians of pre-modern Europe often think in terms of 'small worlds': a series of regional societies functioning independently of each other. This approach works well for isolated areas but is less obviously applicable to England, the most centralised country in Europe. How far England was centrally controlled and how far power in reality remained in the localities are key considerations in understanding English history both in the middle ages and afterwards. The essays in "Regionalism and revision" all address these questions, both by analyzing how the problem should be approached and by ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Back/Hardcover
Publisher: Hambledon & London Ltd, London, UK
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781852851576ISBN:1852851570
Description: Book Fine. No Dustjacket. 9 1/2" Tall. 178 pages. Spotless blue binding with gilt titles. Spotless contents. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781852851576ISBN:1852851570
Description: New. 1-85285-157-0 Synopsis Historians of pre-modern Europe often think in terms of 'small worlds': a series of regional societies functioning independently of each other. This approach works well for isolated areas but is less obviously applicable to England, the most centralised country in Europe. How far England was centrally controlled and how far power in reality remained in the localities are key considerations in understanding English history both in the middle ages and afterwards. The ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hambledon & London
Date Published: 1998-01-01
ISBN-13:9781852851576ISBN:1852851570
Description: New. 1852851570 Eight papers: Regionalism and Revision (Anthony Gross); The Significance of the County in English Government (J. R. Lander); Inheritance and Office among the Gentry of Thirteenth-Century Buckinghamshire (Anne Polden); The Sheriffs of the Baronial Regime, 1258-1261 (H. W. Ridgeway); The Commons and the Early Justices of the Peace under Edward III (Anthony Verduyn); The Dissolution of St Augustine's Abbey and the Creation of the Diocese of Bristol (J. H. Bettey); Sir Thomas ... read more
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