Charters and Charter Scholarship in Britain and Ireland

by M. Flanagan (Editor), J. Green (Editor)

Overview

Ten papers presented by Irish and British historians at a September 2003 colloquium in Belfast highlight the importance of charters as sources for the history of royal administration, for perceptions and portrayals of kingly power, and other aspects of history and written culture. They consider such topics as address and delivery in Anglo- Norman royal charters, regional variations in the charters of Henry II, property records before charters in pre-Anglo-Norman Ireland, and the adoption of brieves (not small trousers) in Scotland. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349515806
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/02/2005
Edition description:	1st ed. 2005
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

DAVID BATES Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK
DAUVIT BROUN Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Glasgow University, UK
MICHAEL HAREN Editor of the Calendars of Papal Registers for the Irish Manuscripts Commission
MAIRE HERBERT Associate Professor, Department of Early and Medieval Irish, University College, Cork, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
CHARLES INSLEY Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Canterbury Christ Church University College, UK
HUW PRICE Reader in History, Department of History and Welsh History, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
RICHARD SHARPE Professor of Diplomatic History, University of Oxford, UK
NICHOLAS VINCENT Professor of Medieval History, School of History, University of East Anglia, UK

Table of Contents

Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Charters and Historians of Britain and Ireland: Problems and Possibilities; D.Bates Athelstan, Charters and the English in Cornwall; C.Insley Address and Delivery in Anglo-Norman Royal Charters; R.Sharpe 'A Lasting Memorial': The Charter of Liberties of Henry I; J.A.Green Regional Variations in the Charters of King Henry II; N.Vincent Before Charters? Property Records in Pre-Anglo-Norman Ireland; M.Herbert Irish Royal Charters and the Cistercian Order; M.T.Flanagan Laudabiliter: Text and Context; M.Haren The Adoption of Brieves in Scotland; D.Broun Culture, Power and the Charters of Welsh Rulers; H.Price List of Works Cited