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Focusing on Yorkshire, by far the largest English county, this book, first published in 1994, examines three of the most important themes in the period described by Sir Frank Stenton as 'the first century of English feudalism': the Norman conquest, the anarchy of Stephen's reign, and the nature of lordship and land tenure. In each case the book offers a strong challenge to dominant interpretations which will alter significantly our conception of Anglo-Norman politics and government. The first section of the book reveals that the Norman conquest of Yorkshire was a much more rapid and carefully controlled process than has been supposed; the second section examines the 'anarchy' of King Stephen's reign and its consequences; and the final section deals with lordship, one of the most significant aspects of medieval society. Offering many revisionary arguments throughout, the book will become essential reading on both 'the first century' and 'the legal framework' of English feudalism.

Feudalism --- -Land tenure --- -Normans --- -Northmen --- Northmen --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Civilization, Medieval --- Land tenure --- Land use --- Chivalry --- Estates (Social orders) --- History --- -Yorkshire (England) --- -Great Britain --- Politics and government --- -Feudalism --- -History --- Normans --- Great Britain --- Yorkshire (England) --- Yorkshire, Eng. --- Yorkshire --- York (England : County) --- Politics and government. --- Arts and Humanities

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With some notable exceptions the subject of outlawry in medieval and early modern English history has attracted relatively little scholarly attention. This volume helps to address this significant gap in scholarship, and encourage further study of the subject, by presenting a series of innovative essays, based on original research and covering an extensive period of time. It focuses attention on the importance and diversity of people who crossed the boundary between legal and illegal activities and enterprise, but who have so far received uneven coverage from scholars. The essays have been spe

Outlaws --- Hors-la-loi --- History --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Great Britain - History - 1066-1687. --- Outlaws - England - History. --- Outlaws - England - Introduction. --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- History. --- Bandits --- Criminals --- Brigands and robbers --- Outcasts

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Cathedrals dominated the ecclesiastical (and physical) landscape of the British Isles and Normandy in the middle ages; yet, in comparison with the history of monasteries, theirs has received significantly less attention. This volume helps to redress the balance by examining major themes in their development between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. These include the composition, life, corporate identity and memory of cathedral communities; the relationships, sometimes supportive, sometimes conflicting, that they had with kings (e.g. King John), aristocracies, and neighbouring urban and religious communities; the importance of cathedrals as centres of lordship and patronage; their role in promoting and utilizing saints' cults (e.g. that of St Thomas Becket); episcopal relations; and the involvement of cathedrals in religious and political conflicts, and in the settlement of disputes. A critical introduction locates medieval cathedrals in space and time, and against a backdrop of wider ecclesiastical change in the period.

Cathedrals --- Architecture, Anglo-Norman --- Cathédrales --- Architecture anglo-normande --- History --- Social aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Architecture, Anglo-Norman. --- Cathédrales --- History. --- Cathedrals - Great Britain - History - To 1500 --- Cathedrals - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - To 1500 --- Anglo-Norman architecture --- Church architecture --- Church buildings --- Anglo-Norman period. --- cathedrals. --- ecclesiastical landscape. --- episcopal relations. --- lordship. --- medieval cathedrals. --- patronage. --- religious conflicts. --- saints' cults. --- settlement of disputes.

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Architecture --- Great Britain