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Maintaining a ‘Special Relationship’? Petitions to the Crown from Irish and Welsh Towns, 13th–16th Centuries

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Towns on the Edge in Medieval Europe: The Social and Political Order of Peripheral Urban Communities from the Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries, Pages: 208 - 235

Swansea University Author: Matthew Stevens Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.5871/bacad/9780197267301.003.0010

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Among ancient petitions in the Special Collections (document class SC 8) of The National Archives, London, are municipal petitions sent by the Anglo-Norman boroughs of Ireland and Wales to the English king, his council and parliament. These petitions shed light on the relationship between Irish and...

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Published in: Towns on the Edge in Medieval Europe: The Social and Political Order of Peripheral Urban Communities from the Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries
ISBN: 9780197267301 9780191976711
ISSN: 0068-1202
Published: Oxford British Academy 2022
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