Thirteenth Century England IV: Proceedings of the Newcastle upon Tyne Conference

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The thirteen papers in this volume represent a significant step forward in knowledge and understanding of a number of aspects of 13th-century England -in particular its economy, coinage, religious life and belief, manorial farming, language attitudes and norms, cartography and geographic perception, domestic architecture, foreign relations, and internal politics.CONTRIBUTORS: J.L. BOLTON, R.J. EAGLEN, CHRISTOPHER THORNTON, MIRI RUBIN, MARGARET HOWELL, R.A. LODGE, PHILIP DIXON, P.D.A. HARVEY, JEFFREY DENTON, CHRISTOPHER HOLDSWORTH, NICHOLAS C. VINCENT, S.D. CHURCH, ROBIN FRAME.

Table of Contents

Inflation, Economics and Politics in Thirteenth-Century England - James L BoltonThe Evolution of Coinage in Thirteenth-Century England - R J EaglenEfficiency in Medieval Livestock Farming: The Fertility and Mortality of Herds and Flocks at Rimpton, Somerset, 1208-1349 - Christopher ThorntonWhat did the Eucharist mean to Thirteenth-Century Villagers? - Miri RubinThe Children of King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence - Margaret HowellLanguage Attitudes and Linguistic Norms in France and England in the Thirteenth Century - R.A. LodgeFrom Hall to Tower: The Change in Seigneurial Houses on the Anglo-Scottish Border after c.1250 - Philip DixonMatthew Paris's Maps of Britain - Paul D A HarveyFrom the Foundation of Vale Royal Abbey to the Statute of Carlisle: Edward I and Ecclesiastical Patronage - Jeffrey DentonRoyal Cistercians: Beaulieu, her Daughters and Rewley - C J HoldsworthThe Knights of the Household of King John: A Question of Numbers - Stephen D. ChurchSimon de Montfort's First Quarrel with King Henry III - Nicholas VincentKing Henry III and Ireland: The Shaping of a Peripheral Lordship - Robin Frame

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The uniformly high quality of the papers bear[s] testimony to the flourishing state of 13th-century studies. * . *

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The uniformly high quality of the papers bear[s] testimony to the flourishing state of 13th-century studies.

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The uniformly high quality of the papers bear[s] testimony to the flourishing state of 13th-century studies.

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