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Even if you are not especially interested in the Mortimers there is much here which provides a general history of place and time, lands and people. … This book really is a must read. – The Ricardian Bulletin
This anthology of essays offers new perspectives on the history of one of the most important and influential noble dynasties in medieval England – the Mortimer family of Wigmore.
Themes include the contribution of women in establishing and expanding the family’s importance; the nature of the Mortimers’ relationships with their Welsh tenants and gentry; Mortimer castles; the escape of Roger Mortimer from the Tower of London, as well as his execution and burial in 1330; the Mortimers at war; analysis of their landed wealth and late-medieval networks of support, particularly in Ireland; how the family maintained its wealth and influence during repeated minorities; and how the Yorkists, particularly Edward IV, drew on their Mortimer lineage to legitimise their right to the throne.
Richly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, maps and a genealogical table, this book will appeal to scholars of the Middle Ages as well as the general reader with an interest in medieval history and the Welsh Marcher lordships.
Contents & contributors: 1. Conquest to conquest: Mortimer women, dynastic power and the Welsh frontier, c.1066–1282, Dr Emma Cavell; 2. The Mortimers and their Welsh tenantry, Dr David Stephenson; 3. The castles of the Mortimers, Dr John R. Kenyon; 4. The escape of Roger Mortimer from the Tower of London, 1323, Dr Laura Tompkins; 5. The execution and burial of Roger Mortimer, first Earl of March, 1287–1330, Barbara Wright; 6. The Mortimers under Arms, 1306–1425, Dr Andy King; 7. Estates and economies of the Mortimer lordships, Dr Paul Dryburgh; 8. A scandal at Mass: the personal networks of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd earl of March, Patrick McDonagh; 9. Family support: minority and the Mortimer inheritance, 1380–1425, Professor Chris Given-Wilson; 10. Who was Sir John Mortimer?, Dr Ian Mortimer; 11. Anne Mortimer’s legacy to the House of York, Dr J.L. Laynesmith
Hardback | 352 pages | 242 x 171 mm | Jul 2023
c.100 colour illustrations
ISBN 9781910839652
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