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Transcripts of 13c plea rolls, vital legal, social and economic detail of the time, presented with index and critical introduction.

This is the second volume in a new series designed to cover the previously-neglected inquisitions post mortem of the fifteenth century between 1422 and 1485. Inquisitions post mortem were compiled with the help of jurors from the area, as a county-by-county record of a deceased individual's land-holdings and associated rights, where the individual held land directly of the crown. It is this explicit connection with land and locality - in terms economic, social, political, and topographical - that makes these documents of comprehensive interest to a broad range of historians and archaeologists. The inclusion of jurors' names and full manorial extents is standard in the new series as is the calendaring of information offered by the associated writs. Analogous documents consist of proofs of age, of particular interest to historians of memory, and assignments of dower.CLAIRE NOBLE is a Research Associate, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. Academic Director and General Editor: CHRISTINE CARPENTER

The image, status and function of queens and empresses, regnant and consort, in kingdoms stretching from England to Jerusalem in the European middle ages.

Evidence for the way in which a great barony organised and executed its affairs; the plates illustrate the evolution of secretarial hands in the twelfth/thirteenth century.

Detailed evidence of the workings of local administration and justice in the fourteenth century.

Features topics that range from tenth-century Marchiennes, to three castles c1300 in Co Carlow, via Toulouse in 1159. This title focuses on England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It also deals with the late Anglo-Saxon earls and their followers as consumers and politicians.

This series is home to scholarship of the highest order covering a wide range of themes: from politics and warfare to administration, justice and society. The topics of the papers in this book range from the sublime to the macabre: romance, rape, money, politics and religion.

The role of bishops in the process of Reformation in the 16th century, studied from their surviving writings and contemporary discussion.The English bishops played a crucial role in the process of Reformation in the sixteenth century, from the first arrival of continental Reformed thought to the virtual extinction of the office in 1559. This work has at its core the bishops' own understanding of the episcopate, drawn from their surviving writings and other contemporary discussions; such a study is key to understanding what became of the English Church of the middle ages and what it was to become under Elizabeth. Carleton examines the interplay between bishop and king, the episcopate in the context of other orders, and the social context of the office; he studies episcopal activity in key areas such as preaching, ordaining, and opposing heresy; and he notes the influence of the models which the bishops themselves set up as ideals, most notably Christ himself as the ideal bishop. The backgrounds of the bishops are set out in the appendix.

No single recent enterprise has done more to enlarge and deepen our understanding of one of the most critical periods in English history. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL

The saint's cult casts light on relations between Cornwall and Brittany - and Henry II's empire - in the 12th century.

Traces the careers and fortunes of the last priests ordained before the Reformation.

15c cartulary of Benedictine nunnery illuminates relationship with Ely, estate management, and life of women religious.

Official documents issued under David I illustrate Scotland's transformation into a feudally-organised kingdom open to English and European influences.

Edition of fifteenth-century chronicles providing important evidence for contemporary events, including the Wars of the Roses.

Studies of the uses of literacy for the exercise of political and economic power, in Latin Christendom and the wider world.

`An indispensable series for anyone who wishes to keep abreast of recent work in the field'. WELSH HISTORY REVIEW