The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England

In the late Middle Ages, the Percy earls of Northumberland and the bishops of Durham were two of the largest landholders in the North East of England. This book is a study of their estate administrations based on the extant manorial accounts from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. Examining...

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description In the late Middle Ages, the Percy earls of Northumberland and the bishops of Durham were two of the largest landholders in the North East of England. This book is a study of their estate administrations based on the extant manorial accounts from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. Examining the documents holistically, it investigates the shapes of the records and the materials they were written upon, as well as how they were used and stored to provide new insights into late medieval lordly administration. Such a material-focussed approach explores the concurrent use of rolls, booklets, paper, and parchment for different types of manorial accounts and at different steps of the multistage production and audit process. It also examines the hands drafting, editing, and auditing the accounts, in addition to the layout and presentation of the contents of the records to further our understanding of the written burden of proof required in the management and audit of large estates in late medieval England. Studying the financial accounts of the earls of Northumberland and the bishops of Durham from a material perspective reveals two highly sophisticated administrative systems and structures of accountability.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1509902025-02-10T17:04:22Z The Materiality of Medieval Administration in Northern England Armstrong, Abigail Charters & documents Literacy Social history (c. 500-1500) British Isles (c. 500-1500) Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAP Historical research: source documents In the late Middle Ages, the Percy earls of Northumberland and the bishops of Durham were two of the largest landholders in the North East of England. This book is a study of their estate administrations based on the extant manorial accounts from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. Examining the documents holistically, it investigates the shapes of the records and the materials they were written upon, as well as how they were used and stored to provide new insights into late medieval lordly administration. Such a material-focussed approach explores the concurrent use of rolls, booklets, paper, and parchment for different types of manorial accounts and at different steps of the multistage production and audit process. It also examines the hands drafting, editing, and auditing the accounts, in addition to the layout and presentation of the contents of the records to further our understanding of the written burden of proof required in the management and audit of large estates in late medieval England. Studying the financial accounts of the earls of Northumberland and the bishops of Durham from a material perspective reveals two highly sophisticated administrative systems and structures of accountability. 2025-02-10T17:04:21Z 2025-02-10T17:04:21Z 2024 book ONIX_20250210_9782503607436_63 9782503607436 9782503607443 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150990 eng Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503607436-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.USML-EB.5.134722 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.134722 10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.134722 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503607436 9782503607443 Brepols 59 350 Turnhout open access
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Social history (c. 500-1500)
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Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500)
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