Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 672 g
Reihe: Camden Fifth Series
Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 672 g
Reihe: Camden Fifth Series
ISBN: 978-0-521-57394-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This latest volume in the Royal Historical Society's Camden Fifth Series is a new and comprehensive edition of the only surviving northern medieval letter collection. Of particular value to social and legal historians, Joan Kirby's text contains a wealth of material unavailable to the editor of the 1836 edition. The collection offers a vivid portrayal of a northern knightly family during a period of decline in the military function of knighthood. Parochial, proud, violent and litigious, as Percy tenants and feed officials their fortunes fluctuated with those of their patrons; loyalty to the Lancastrian cause in 1461, for example, cost both families loss of life, liberty and office. Two protracted lawsuits drew them deep into the complexities of the legal process and political patronage, and the resulting correspondence with their lawyers constitutes a unique source for Northern history.
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Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Sir William Plumpton; Sir Robert Plumpton; The Plumpton inheritance; The Babthorpe inheritance; The manuscripts; The Plumpton Coucher book; Editorial method; Sir Edward Plumpton's letter book, Nos 1-252; Appendix I: Transcripts of selected documents from the Plumpton Coucher book and other sources, Nos 1-9; Appendix II: Calendar of selected documents from the Plumpton Coucher book and other sources, Nos 1-88; Appendix III: Biographical notes; Index.
