Secular power and its rewards in Dorset in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries
Karn, N.E. (2009) Secular power and its rewards in Dorset in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Historical Research, 82, (215), 2-16.
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This essay attempts something that has never been done before; comparing the relationships between the most important officers of shire government at a time of rapid change in the manner in which shire administration was conducted, through a case-study of one well-documented shire. As such, it runs counter to much of the historiography, which has tended to consider offices in isolation from each other rather than as part of a dynamic system. It emphasizes the extent to which sheriffs, often regarded as all-powerful, were subject to local justices, whose power came from multiple and sometimes informal sources that has made them rather difficult to assess. This essay was a spin-off from the forthcoming monograph on shire government.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0950-3471 (print) |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > History University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities |
| Item ID: | 66238 |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 05:15 |
| Contributors: | Karn, N.E. (Author) |
| Date: | February 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66238 |
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