From Ad Hoc to Routine. A Case Study in Medieval Bureaucracy.

Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, dustjacket, 8vo: xij, 272pp., notes on Place Names, abbr., map of County of Flanders. Contents. 1. The Reign of Margaret of Constantinople: Philip of Bourbourg and the Establishment of the Office og General Reciever. 2. The First Half of the Reign of Guy of Dampierre [1278-1289]: The Transitional Period. 3. The Second Half of the Reign of Guy of Dampierre [1289-1300]: The Office Is Realized. 4. The Reign of Robert of Béthune: The General Reciever becomes Accountable. 5. The Reign of Louis of Nevers: The Office Becomes Political. 6. The Reign of Louis of Male: The General Reciever and the Sovereign Bailiff. 7. Conclusion. App. A:Chronology of Counts and Recievers of Flanders, App. B:General Recievers [1262-1372], Class, Family and Local Affiliations, App. C:Commissions of the General Recievers, bibliogr., index. Very fine copy - as new., Volume: Middle Ages Series. University of Pennsylvania Press.