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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      December 2009
      July 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511560217
      9780521450980
      9780521524643
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560217
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 368 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 368 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History 1066-1450, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (27)
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    Subjects:
    British History 1066-1450, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (27)
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    Focusing on Yorkshire, by far the largest English county, this book, first published in 1994, examines three of the most important themes in the period described by Sir Frank Stenton as 'the first century of English feudalism': the Norman conquest, the anarchy of Stephen's reign, and the nature of lordship and land tenure. In each case the book offers a strong challenge to dominant interpretations which will alter significantly our conception of Anglo-Norman politics and government. The first section of the book reveals that the Norman conquest of Yorkshire was a much more rapid and carefully controlled process than has been supposed; the second section examines the 'anarchy' of King Stephen's reign and its consequences; and the final section deals with lordship, one of the most significant aspects of medieval society. Offering many revisionary arguments throughout, the book will become essential reading on both 'the first century' and 'the legal framework' of English feudalism.

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    "This is not only a very solid regional study but one that makes a number of important contributions to our understanding of English history as a whole in the Anglo-Norman period....Overall, this is a book that anyone interested in the history of England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries should read." Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies

    "Dalton's work is clear, shows well the complexities of lordship, and is valuable as the only full study of feudal Yorkshire...All in all, the book is provocative..." History

    "Paul Dalton's work on eleventh- and twelfth-century Yorkshire is far more than local history....must change our whole view of the politics of northern England, and of Anglo-Scottish relations, during the first half of the twelfth century....draws a vivid picture of the world of the Normans in Yorkshire." Emilie Amt, Albion

    "Dalton is good not only at reminding us of the shortcomings of the Domesday evidence, but also at showing how the silences of the great census may be explained in the context of his arguments." Emilie Amt, Albion

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