TY - BOOK ID - 74519475 TI - Liberties and identities in the medieval British Isles PY - 2008 VL - 10 SN - 9781843833741 1843833743 9781846156540 9786612620744 1846156548 1282620746 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, DB - UniCat KW - Local government KW - Patronage, Political KW - Feudalism KW - Land tenure KW - Constitutional history KW - Administration locale KW - Favoritisme KW - Féodalité KW - Propriété foncière KW - Histoire constitutionnelle KW - History KW - History. KW - Government policy KW - Histoire KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Agrarian tenure KW - Feudal tenure KW - Freehold KW - Land ownership KW - Land question KW - Landownership KW - Tenure of land KW - Land use, Rural KW - Real property KW - Land, Nationalization of KW - Landowners KW - Serfdom KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Land use KW - Chivalry KW - Estates (Social orders) KW - Clientelism, Political KW - Patron-client politics KW - Political clientelism KW - Political patronage KW - Spoils system KW - Political sociology KW - Civil service reform KW - Local administration KW - Township government KW - Subnational governments KW - Administrative and political divisions KW - Decentralization in government KW - Public administration UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74519475 AB - 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. ER -