This book examines the organisation of power and society in north-east England over two crucial centuries in the emergence of the English `state'. England is usually regarded as medieval Europe's most
Fourth editor, Kate Parkin Inquisitions post mortem are the single most important source for the history of medieval English landed society, and are indispensable to social, economic, and political
When we read a poem composed in blank iambic pentameter, it reminds us of Shakespeare. When we read a poem composed in long lines without rhyme or rhythm, we think of Whitman.In this ground-breaking s
