TY - BOOK AU - Gibbs,Spike TI - Lordship, state formation and local authority in late medieval and early modern England T2 - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought: fourth series SN - 9781009311847 (ebook) AV - HC254.3 .G53 2023 U1 - 333.3/22094209023 23/eng/20230504 PY - 2023/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Manors KW - England KW - History KW - to 1500 KW - Farm tenancy KW - Peasants KW - Economic conditions KW - 1066-1485 N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Jul 2023) N2 - Providing a new narrative of how local authority and social structures adapted in response to the decline of lordship and the process of state formation, Spike Gibbs uses manorial officeholding - where officials were chosen from among tenants to help run the lord's manorial estate - as a prism through which to examine political and social change in the late medieval and early modern English village. Drawing on micro-studies of previously untapped archival records, the book spans the medieval/early modern divide to examine changes between 1300 and 1650. In doing so, Gibbs demonstrates the vitality of manorial structures across the medieval and early modern era, the active and willing participation of tenants in these frameworks, and the way this created inequalities within communities. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009311847 ER -