Exciting fresh perspectives on Edward I as man, king and administrator.
The reign of Edward I was one of the most important of medieval England, but the king’s activities and achievements have not always received the full attention they deserve. The essays collected here offer fresh insights into Edward’s own personality as well as developments in law, governance, war and culture. Edward the man emerges in chapters on his early life, his piety and his family, while the administrator king is discussed in evaluations of his twogreat ministers, his handling of the crucial issue of law and order and the way he managed the realm from abroad through his correspondence. Edward’s nobles, both in England and Scotland, naturally appear as vital to understanding the reign, while his rule is set in a British and European context. Overall, the book aims to move the debate on the reign beyond K.B. Mc Farlane’s hugely influential judgement that ‘Edward I preferred masterfulness to the arts of political management’, by highlighting his skills — and failings — as a politician and manager.
ANDREW M. SPENCER Is Senior Tutor at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; ANDY KING is a Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Southampton.
Contributors: Rod Billaud, Michael Brown, Caroline Burt, Charles Farris, Richard Huscroft, Andy King, Lars Kjaer, Kathleen Neal, Louise J. Wilkinson
表中的内容
Introduction – Andy King and Andrew Spencer
The Lord Edward and the Administration of Justice across his Apanage, 1254-72 – Rodolphe Billaud
A Tale of Two Ministers: Robert Burnell, Walter Langton and the Government of Edward I – Richard Huscroft
Law and Order in the Reign of Edward I: Some New Thoughts – Caroline Burt
Magnates, Ritual and Commensality at Royal Assemblies: Bogo de Clare and Edward I’s Easter Parliament, 1285 – Lars Kjaer
Royal Daughters and Diplomacy at the Court of Edward I – Louise J. Wilkinson
Hearts and Bodies: Edward I and the Scottish Magnates 1296-1307 – Michael H Brown
Edward I and the Blessed Virgin Mary – Charles Farris
Letters and Political Discourse under Edward I – Kathleen B. Neal
Crisis? What Crisis? 1297 and the Civil War that Never Was – Andy King
关于作者
MICHAEL BROWN is Professor of Scottish History, University of St Andrews.
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