Title: Widows, Heirs, and Heiresses in the Late Twelfth Century: The Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis
Editor and translator: John Walmsley
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS), Tempe
Series: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, Vol. 308
ISBN: 9780866983532 (ISBN-10: 0866983538)
Language: English and Latin (facing pages)
Pages: xiv + 146
Dimensions: 24 cm (height)
Publication Date: April 2006
Genre: Medieval History, Primary Sources, Translation
Condition: Very Good
Description:
This volume is a critical edition and the first full English translation of the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis, the records of a Domesday-like survey of 1185. It covered the status and assets of widows and wards on estates held directly from the Crown under Henry II. John Walmsley presents the full Latin text with the English translation on facing pages, with a map, a facsimile and indexes. The records have been used by genealogists and demographers, and they are a precursor of the later inquisitions post mortem and a context for the clauses of Magna Carta on inheritance, widows and wards. It is an important source for medieval historians, genealogists and students of the history of women and of English feudal society. This copy is in very good condition.
Title: Widows, Heirs, and Heiresses in the Late Twelfth Century: The Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis
Editor and translator: John Walmsley
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS), Tempe
Series: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, Vol. 308
ISBN: 9780866983532 (ISBN-10: 0866983538)
Language: English and Latin (facing pages)
Pages: xiv + 146
Dimensions: 24 cm (height)
Publication Date: April 2006
Genre: Medieval History, Primary Sources, Translation
Condition: Very Good
Description:
This volume is a critical edition and the first full English translation of the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis, the records of a Domesday-like survey of 1185. It covered the status and assets of widows and wards on estates held directly from the Crown under Henry II. John Walmsley presents the full Latin text with the English translation on facing pages, with a map, a facsimile and indexes. The records have been used by genealogists and demographers, and they are a precursor of the later inquisitions post mortem and a context for the clauses of Magna Carta on inheritance, widows and wards. It is an important source for medieval historians, genealogists and students of the history of women and of English feudal society. This copy is in very good condition.
