Gardner, Leigh 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8638-5121
(2008)
To take or to make?: contracting for legitimacy in the emerging states of twelth century Britain.
Discussion papers in economic and social history (73).
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Abstract
The early twelfth century was notable for the centralization and consolidation of royal governance in the centre as well as the periphery of Europe. This paper presents a model of medieval kingship in which consent for the king’s rule is founded upon a network of bargains and agreements between the king and magnates who hold local power. The model is applied to the administration of Scotland under King David I (1124–1153). David I consolidated and expanded his authority by providing magnates who held local power with incentives to cooperate through the strategic distribution of revenue and provision of protection services, including the enforcement of property rights, dispute resolution and the facilitation of exchange. This theory is also used to explain Scotland’s appropriation of land in northern England following the death of Henry I of England in 1135, and its loss of the same territory after David I died in 1153.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/economics/History/Pap... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 University of Oxford |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| JEL classification: | N - Economic History > N9 - Regional and Urban History > N93 - Europe: Pre-1913 |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2011 09:16 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 03:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/36861 |
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