Lordship and Community: Northern Spain on the Eve of the Year 1000
Wendy Davies
Rodney was my colleague when I came to Birmingham in 1970 first teaching job. Working with him—designing courses, co-teaching, graduate seminars—was a revelation and has had profound impact on the work have tried do ever since. What follows picks up some of themes which always interested him, but does so context northern Spain tenth century—northern because extension lordship is key issue historical writing about social change central middle ages; century there large mass available text, following an era very little surviving written material, this allows us look into nature peasant society both before during changes that period. The documentation includes numbers charters, is, records property transactions disputes are rich personal, topographic narrative detail.1
Past & Present