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A reissue of the classic guide to the origins, purpose and identity of the great castles of England and Wales, built after the arrival of the Normans. Castle studies have been shaped and defined over the past half-century by the work of R. Allen Brown. His classic English Castles, renamed here to acknowledge its definitive approach to the subject, has never been superseded by other more recent studies, and is still the foundation study of the English, and Welsh, castles built between the Norman Conquest and the mid 1500s. As the subject evolved, so too did this book, and for the most recent edition a considerable amount of French comparative material was added, though it remains essentially a study of English castles. For Allen Brown, castles were fortified residences (or residential fortresses), and developed, from European precursors, to support political and social realities as the Norman and Angevin kings secured their realm. Once these political ends had been largely met, the castle and castle-building entered a period of decline, and domesticand military interests went in opposite directions. This book, with numerous photographs and plans, remains the outstanding guide to the origins, purpose and identity of the great castles of England and Wales. R. ALLEN BROWN was also the author of The Normans, The Norman Conquest of England and The Normans and the Norman Conquest and founder of the annual Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies.

Castles --- English Castles. --- History of Castles. --- Norman Conquest. --- Residential Fortresses.

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Uncovers the remarkable lives and writings of these tradesmen, showing how they adapted to their new environment and responded to the challenges they faced.

HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485). --- Great Britain --- Church history

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Northern England --- Peasants --- Effects of Norman Conquest, to 1135. --- History --- Geschichte 1000-1135. --- England, Northern --- England. --- Great Britain --- Normannen. --- History.

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Die Schriftlichkeit der königlichen Finanzverwaltung Englands war unter Eduard I. (1272–1307) einem tiefgreifenden Wandel unterworfen. Erstmals kamen neben Schriftrollen auch Kodizes seriell zum Einsatz. Das vorliegende Buch untersucht das Verhältnis zwischen Rollen und Kodizes im Exchequer und in der Garderobe unter Eduard I. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Verbindungen zwischen den Aufzeichnungsformen und ihren Inhalten, die Produktions- und Gebrauchskontexte sowie die Vorbilder, die zur Verbreitung des Kodex führten. Die Untersuchung eröffnet neue Perspektiven auf die Arbeits- und Funktionsweisen einer spätmittelalterlichen Verwaltung. During the reign of Edward I (1272–1307), administrative recordkeeping underwent profound transitions, including the first extensive use of codices alongside rolls in the Exchequer and Wardrobe. This book focuses on the relationship between rolls and codices, with regard to both their content and their contexts of production and use. Furthermore, it investigates possible models for the diffusion of the codex during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. As a result, the study offers a new perspective on the workings of a late medieval administration.

Great Britain --- History --- England. --- History of Administration. --- Middle Ages. --- E-books --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485).

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Over the last fifty years Ann Williams has transformed our understanding of Anglo-Saxon and Norman society in her studies of personalities and elites. In this collection, leading scholars in the field revisit themes that have been central to her work, and open up new insights into the workings of the multi-cultural communities of the realm of England in the early Middle Ages. There are detailed discussions of local and regional elites and the interplay between them that fashioned the distinctive institutions of local government in the pre-Conquest period; radical new readings of key events such as the crisis of 1051 and a reassessment of the Bayeux Tapestry as the beginnings of the 'Historia Anglorum'; studies of the impact of the Norman Conquest and the survival of the English; and explorations of the social, political, and administrative cultures in post-Conquest England and Normandy. The individual essays are united overall by the articulation of the local, regional, and national identities that that shaped the societies of the period. Contributors: S.D. Church, William Aird, Lucy Marten, Hirokazu Tsurushima, Valentine Fallan, Judith Everard, Vanessa King, Pamela Taylor, Charles Insley, Simon Keynes, Sally Harvey, K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, David Bates, Emma Mason, David Roffe, Mark Hagger.

England --- Great Britain --- Civilization --- Social conditions --- History --- History. --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- Anglo-Saxons --- Anglo-Norman. --- Cultural identity. --- English. --- Legacy. --- Local government. --- Medieval society. --- Middle Ages. --- Norman Conquest.