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In-depth examinations of the role played by liberties across the British Isles. The liberties and franchises of medieval England have been a neglected area of study in recent years, yet they were an important aspect of government and society, providing an influential basis of collective awareness, aspiration and loyalty. The papers in this volume examine them in a wide British context (the north of England, the Welsh march, Ireland and Scotland), from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, looking at the varied role that liberties played in defining local identities and providing bases of power; other topics addressed include their maintenance of law and order, as well as the threat they might present, and their part in military recruitment. Contributors: MELANIE DEVINE, CLARE ETTY, SANDY GRANT, BETH HARTLAND, MATT HOLFORD, MAX LIEBERMAN, CYNTHIA NEVILLE, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, KEITH STRINGER, HENRY SUMMERSON.

Local government --- Patronage, Political --- Feudalism --- Land tenure --- Constitutional history --- Administration locale --- Favoritisme --- Féodalité --- Propriété foncière --- Histoire constitutionnelle --- History --- History. --- Government policy --- Histoire --- Grande-Bretagne --- Politique gouvernementale --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- 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 use --- Chivalry --- Estates (Social orders) --- Clientelism, Political --- Patron-client politics --- Political clientelism --- Political patronage --- Spoils system --- Political sociology --- Civil service reform --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration