Medieval Towns, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Signed by Author; DJ shows very light shelf wear.; Inscribed by the author to personal friends on FFEP. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series; 9.21 X 6.14 X 1.26 inches; 264 pages; "The strengthening of ties between crown and locality in the fourteenth century is epitomised by the relationships between York and Bristol (then amongst the largest and wealthiest urban communities in England) and the crown. This book combines a detailed study of the individuals who ruled Bristol and York at the time with a close analysis of the texts which illustrate the relationship between the two cities and the king, thus offering a new perspective on relations between town and crown in late medieval England. Beginning with an analysis of the various demands, financial, political and commercial, made upon the towns by the Hundred Years War, the author argues that such pressures facilitated the development of a partnership in government between the crown and the two towns, meaning that the elite inhabitants became increasingly important in national affairs. The book goes on to explore in detail the nature of urban aspirations within the kingdom, arguing that the royal charters granting the towns their coveted county status were crucial in binding their ruling elites into the apparatus of royal government, and giving them a powerful voice in national politics.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition / 1st Printing. Inscribed & Signed By Editor on the copyright page above her printed name : "For Elva : / My best editor, / help and encouragement. / With affection, / Jane [Jordan Browne]". 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Good to very good in good dust jacket. Book : slight rubbing along top part of front spine hinge. Jacket : small chip at top of spine, 3/4 inch triagular chip at lower right corner of front panel. 14.5 x 21cm. hard cover. 194pp. 447A Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed & Signed By Editor. Book.

orig.wrappers. 25x17cm, 163 pp., Inscribed by editor on half-title. Consists of 12 papers presented at two bilateral conferences held at Copenhagen in 1986, in English, with four French and two German contributions. Includes: Ladoga im 8.-9- Jahrhundert: Zur Frage der ersten slawisch-dänischen Kontakte; General & Specific Features in the Genesis of the Old Russian Town; Kiev & Constantinople: Cultural Relations before the 13th Century; Medieval Novgorod & Pskov in Modern Historiography; Privileges & Legal Rights for Provincial Boroughs; Århus: une ville fortifée de l'âge des Vikings; Topographie ecclésiastique et urbanisation du Danemark médiéval; Les étrangers dans les villes du Danemark médiéval; L' origine des villes danoises; Das Liubice des Abodritenkönigs Heinrich. Zur Regionalgeschichte um 1100; Genesis of the Livonian Town in the 13th Century; The Typology of the Genesis of the Medieval Town: Europe & Scandinavia. Minor rubbing. One page rumpled. Good.