Lordship, service and worship in Julian of Norwich
Both lord and servant, as Rosemary Horrox puts it, lived in ‘a society where standing was intimately bound up with “face” – what contemporaries called worship’.
The personnel of English and Welsh castles, 1272-1422
In England, the role played on the continent by the castellanies would appear to have been performed by the county castle and the sheriff, a post that remained firmly under the king’s control in all but a few counties. Instead, a more subtle link between the castle community and political power will have to be found. It will be searched for in the appointment of constables to royal castles, and in grants of ownership of castles, royal or forfeited. It may be found in the building activity that was so common in this period, or in the marriage alliances that created many of the great castle owning estates.
Anglo-Norman defence strategy in selected English border and maritime counties, 1066-1087
Ella Armitage’s analysisof early Norman castles in 1912 provides a clear espousalof this view, in particular her statement that in England the reasonsfor the erection of mottes seem to have been manorial rather than military; that is, the Norman landholder desired a safe residence for himself amidst a hostile peasantry, rather than a strong military position which could hold out against skilful and well-armed foes.
Sovereign Subjects, Feudal Law, and the Writing of History
The early historiography of feudal law coalesced as the point of articulation for a discourse of time (the rejection/reclamation of a “barbaric” past) and a discourse of power (the theorization of the sovereign relation), and ultimately yielded a period concept foundational to “modern” theories of state.
The acts of the Earls of Dunbar relating to Scotland c.1124-c.1289 : a study of Lordship in Scotland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
The thesis seeks to analyse the nature of the Dunbar lordship, uncovering its particular and essential features, yet placing and assessing it in the context of twelfth and thirteenth-century Scottish aristocratic society.
The Medieval Origins of Capitalism in the Netherlands
One of the fiercest and most productive historical debates – and one of the most ideology-laden – has been that on the transition from feudalism to capitalism.1 Although interest in this specific debate and its ideological implications seems to be waning now, the importance of reconstructing and explaining long-term changes in economy and society is still clear.
The Medieval Town in Bulgaria, thirteenth to fourteenth century
In my study, the town in late medieval Bulgaria is conceptualized as an explanandum, not as an explanans, as part of the social and economic environment rather than some distinctive entity.
The Significance of Feudal Law in Thirteenth-Century Law Codes
Although developments in feudal law in the thirteenth century influenced the legal environment of Europe for centuries, much of past and current historical research of feudalism examines the social system anthropologically but neglects an in-depth analysis of feudal law codes.
The Stirrup as a Revolutionary Device
A German legal historian, Paul Roth, published in 1850 a work that set out the basic concept of feudalism. According to Roth, Charles Martel had combined the two existing institutions of ‘vassalage’ and ‘benefice’—that is, a vassal swore allegiance to his lord in return for which he was given some kind of benefice, usually rent-free land.
The Rectitudines singularum personarum: A Pre- and Post-Conquest Text
The most important extant document for our understanding of Anglo-Saxon manorial social structure is a text scholars call the Rectitudines singularum personarum
HASKINS CONFERENCE: Feudal Prerogatives and Female Vassals: Philip II’s Manipulation of Marriage
This paper discussed the mutually beneficial relationship between Philip II and women, and their experiences in wielding power during his rule.
Facing the Black Death: perceptions and reactions of university medical practitioners
Facing the Black Death: perceptions and reactions of university medical practitioners ARRIZABALAGA, JON Practical Medicine from Salerno to the Black Death, Cambridge University Press…
The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy
The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Nottingham Mediaeval Studies, 36 (1992) Abstract Of all…
Cross-Channel communication and the end of the ‘Anglo-Norman realm’: Robert FitzWalter and the Valognes inheritance
Cross-Channel communication and the end of the ‘Anglo-Norman realm’: Robert FitzWalter and the Valognes inheritance By Daniel Power Tabularia, No.11 (2011) Abstract: The…
Warranty and good lordship in twelfth century England
Warranty and good lordship in twelfth century England Hyams, Paul (California Institute of Technology University of Oxford) California Institute of Technology, January (1986) Abstract Already…
THE WILL AND SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL CATALONIA AND LANGUEDOC, 800-1200
THE WILL AND SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL CATALONIA AND LANGUEDOC, 800-1200 Taylor, Nathaniel Lane PhD Philosopy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April (1995) Abstract Some three…
The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept?
The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept? Følner, Bjarke MA. Honours, University of Edinburgh (2001) Abstract This paper deals with the modern…
Medieval Archaeology in Poland; Current Problems and Research Methods
Medieval Archaeology in Poland; Current Problems and Research Methods Leciejewicz, Lech (Director of Zaklad Archeologii Nadodrza, Institute of History of Material Culture of Polish…
The Feudal Revolution and Europe’s Rise: Institutional Divergence in the Christian and Muslim Worlds before 1500 CE
The Feudal Revolution and Europe’s Rise: Institutional Divergence in the Christian and Muslim Worlds before 1500 CE By Lisa Blaydes and Eric Chaney…
The Emergence and Formation of the Second Estate as the Knightly Class in France, 814-1230
The Emergence and Formation of the Second Estate as the Knightly Class in France, 814-1230 By Christopher Connor Distinguished Senior Thesis, Pacific University,…
The “convenientiae” of the Catalan counts in the eleventh century: a diplomatic and historical analysis
The “convenientiae” of the Catalan counts in the eleventh century: a diplomatic and historical analysis By A.J. Kosto Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia,…
Real and imagined feudalism in highland Georgia
Real and imagined feudalism in highland Georgia By Kevin Tuite Amirani, Vol.7 (2002) Introduction: During the 8th-9th centuries, a system of land tenure…
Some reflections on violence, reconciliation and the “feudal revolution”
Some reflections on violence, reconciliation and the “feudal revolution” By Fredric L. Cheyette Conflict in Medieval Europe, ed. Piotr Gorecki and Warren Brown…
The Black Death and Property Rights
The Black Death visited unprecedented mortality rates on Europe, realigning relative values of factors of production, and in consequence the costs and benefits of defining and enforcing property rights.
Geopolitical Relations in the European Middle Ages: History and Theory
What was the nature of feudalism in the European Middle Ages? How did the specicity of the feudal mode of social organization inform wider forms of medieval geopolitical relations? What distinguishes them from modern and early modern interstate relations? What are the implications for IR theory?