Essays on English medieval ecclesiastical history, focusing particularly on administration.

While they often go hand-in-hand and the distinction between the two is frequently blurred, authority and power are distinct concepts and abilities - this was a

“Warrior monks”—the misnomer for the Iberian military orders that emerged on the frontiers of Europe in the twelfth century—have long fascinated general

How was medieval Europe held together? People of dissimilar occupations and economic interests, living in widely separate parts of western Europe, came to recog

By presenting case studies from across Eastern and Western Medieval Europe, this volume aims to open up a Europe-wide debate on the variety of relations and con