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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christian D. Liddy (Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Durham University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.580kg ISBN: 9780198705208ISBN 10: 0198705204 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 24 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Citizenship and Citizens 3: Space: Boundaries 4: Civic Time: Elections 5: Communication: Sound and Sight 6: Written Constitutions: Text and Object 7: ConclusionReviewsIn this thought-provoking book Christian Liddy draws on and expands elements from his earlier work to re-examine the nature and limiations of medieval urban oligarchy. * Elizabeth Rutledge, The Ricardian * This is an important study for understanding both urban life in late medieval England and the theory and practice of medieval citizenship more generally.... Highly recommended. * CHOICE * Liddy brings to the fore a sense of the vigour and audibility of medieval civic politics [...] Overall, what we see in Liddy's insightful analysis is that beneath the attempts to present civic harmony and consensus, there were various sites where political life was contentious and where citizens could express their dissatisfaction. * James Davis, Queen's University Belfast, Reviews in History * This is an important study for understanding both urban life in late medieval England and the theory and practice of medieval citizenship more generally....Highly recommended. --CHOICE Liddy brings to the fore a sense of the vigour and audibility of medieval civic politics [...] Overall, what we see in Liddy's insightful analysis is that beneath the attempts to present civic harmony and consensus, there were various sites where political life was contentious and where citizens could express their dissatisfaction. * James Davis, Queen's University Belfast, Reviews in History * This is an important study for understanding both urban life in late medieval England and the theory and practice of medieval citizenship more generally.... Highly recommended. * CHOICE * In this thought-provoking book Christian Liddy draws on and expands elements from his earlier work to re-examine the nature and limiations of medieval urban oligarchy. * Elizabeth Rutledge, The Ricardian * In this thought-provoking book Christian Liddy draws on and expands elements from his earlier work to re-examine the nature and limiations of medieval urban oligarchy. * Elizabeth Rutledge, The Ricardian * This is an important study for understanding both urban life in late medieval England and the theory and practice of medieval citizenship more generally....Highly recommended. * CHOICE * Author InformationChristian D. Liddy has taught Medieval History at the University of Durham since 2002. His previous books are War, Politics and Finance in Late Medieval English Towns: Bristol, York and the Crown, 13501400 and The Bishopric of Durham in the Late Middle Ages: Lordship, Community and the Cult of St Cuthbert. He was the academic curator of Magna Carta and the Changing Face of Revolt, a major exhibition that was held in Durham in 2015 on the 800th anniversary of the charter and that explored the thin line between the citizen and the rebel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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