IMC 2012: Sessions

Session 107: The Experience of Royal Government in the Far North of England in the 13th Century

Monday 9 July 2012, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	AHRC Project 'The Breaking of Britain', Universities of Glasgow, Lancaster, Edinburgh & King's College London
Organiser:	Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair:	Keith J. Stringer, Department of History, Lancaster University
Paper 107-a	The Rebellion of Ralph d'Aincourt (Language: English) Hugh Doherty, Faculty of History, University of Oxford Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 107-b	Northern Gentry in Rebellion (Language: English) Beth Hartland, Department of History, King's College London Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 107-c	The Three Northern Counties in the Curia Regis Rolls and Pipe Rolls, 1216-50 (Language: English) Amanda Beam, The Paradox of Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286, Department of History (Scottish), University of Glasgow Index terms: Administration, Law, Local History, Social History
Abstract	A study of the experience of royal government in the three northern counties in England forms part of the AHRC-funded project, 'The Breaking of Britain: Cross-Border Society and Scottish Independence 1216-1314'. Findings from two dimensions of the project's work in this area will be presented in this session: a study of gentry families involved in rebellion in the 13th century, and a database of material relating to the three northern counties in central government records.The 'macro' evidence of the database and family focus of the gentry study will be complemented by a study of an individual rebel. By combining this range of perspectives, it is hoped that a fresh understanding of the experience of royal government in the far north will begin to emerge.