Thirteenth Century England XVII

Andrew M. Spencer is a Senior Tutor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Associate Lecturer of the University of Cambridge. He is a historian of politics and the constitution of England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and has written extensively on the constitutional, political, military and social role of the nobility in particular. Carl Watkins is Professor in British History at Cambridge University. He is a historian of medieval religious, cultural and political history, concentrating especially on the British Isles in the central and later middle ages, who has also written about death and the supernatural in English culture over a longer chronological span (extending over the middle ages and early modernity). Andrew M. Spencer is a Senior Tutor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Associate Lecturer of the University of Cambridge. He is a historian of politics and the constitution of England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and has written extensively on the constitutional, political, military and social role of the nobility in particular. Carl Watkins is Professor in British History at Cambridge University. He is a historian of medieval religious, cultural and political history, concentrating especially on the British Isles in the central and later middle ages, who has also written about death and the supernatural in English culture over a longer chronological span (extending over the middle ages and early modernity). Thomas W. Smith gained his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London; he is presently Keeper of the Scholars and Head of Oxbridge (Arts and Humanities) at Rugby School.

• Introduction - Andrew Spencer and Carl S. WatkinsRemembering the Vikings in Thirteenth-Century England and Denmark - Lars KjaerHenry III and the Native Saints - Antonia Shacklock'A Vineyard Without a Wall': The Savoyards, John de Warenne and the Failure of Henry III's Kingship - Andrew Spencer'Ad Partes Transmarinas': The Reconfiguration of Plantagenet Power in Gascony, 1242-1243 - Amicie Pélissié du RausasSimilarities and Differences: The Lord Edward's Lordship of Gascony, 1254-1272 - Rodolphe BillaudThe Letters of Eleanor and Marguerite of Provence in Thirteenth-Century Anglo-French Relations - Anaïs WaagThe Use of Friars as Envoys: Diplomatic Relations between King Henry III and Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261) - Philippa MesianoThe Italian Connection Reconsidered: Papal Provisions in Thirteenth-Century England - Thomas W. SmithConfession in England and the Fourth Lateran Council - Rebecca SpringerWriting Civic History in London, Cologne and Genoa - Ian Stone

[..] an important and stimulating book that makes essential reading for those interested in England's relations with the Continent in the thirteenth century. Each essay is praiseworthy in its own right and reflects a wealth of detailed scholarship. The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on what is a fine and informative collection.