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To date, greater consideration has been given to the rebels and main players in the Barons’ War than to their royalist opponents, with particular emphasis on their reasons and justifications for rebellion, the consequences of their actions, and their impact on the political, legal and socio-economic landscape.¹ It may be assumed that the motivations of the rebels provide a greater platform for study, especially for understanding thezeitgeistof the 1250s and 60s, and the reasons for the dramatic events, shifts and tensions which took place within it, on a micro- as well as a macro-level. The motivations of the

The twin themes of authority and resistance are the focus of this volume, explored through topics such as landholding and secular politics, the church and religious orders and contemporary imagery and its reception. Together, the papers combine to illustrate the variety of ways in which historians of the \"long\" thirteenth century are able to examine the practices and norms through which individuals and institutions sought to establish their authority, and the ways in which these were open to challenge. Janet Burton is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales: Trinity Saint David; Phillipp Schofield is Professor of Medieval History at Aberystwyth University; Björn Weiler is Professor of History at Aberystwyth University. Contributors: Helen Birkett, Richard Cassidy, Judith Collard, Peter Coss, Ian Forrest, Philippa Hoskin, Jennifer Jahner, Melissa Julian Jones, Fergus Oakes, John Sabapathy, Sita Steckel.

This thesis explores the personal, territorial/economic and spiritual networks of the Cantilupes and the Corbets, two families from different levels of the thirteenth century gentry. The Cantilupes were curiales; the Corbets were established Marchers who did not enter the king’s court. The study shows that each had a strong command of their respective power centres, yet the main branch of administrative Cantilupes deliberately pushed towards the Welsh March from King John’s reign onwards, while the Corbets, who were without the same networks of power and the consequent resources of these royal stewards, were also pushing for expansion within their own territory. This comparison illuminates the differences between these two families, neither of them great magnates per se, but both with strong links to the upper echelons of the aristocracy, and both with acquisitional and expansionist ambitions. The thesis identifies patterns of patronage and land-holding, and analyses their networks of relationships. Interaction between the two families is also considered, and the means by which family power and identity was represented and expressed are explored. The thesis concludes by identifying the common threads of a family strategy that, potentially, was followed by many thirteenth century gentry families of varying levels of social status. It considers the impact of the Welsh March on such strategies, and questions the ‘peripheral’ nature of such borderlands to those without Marcher territories.

To date, greater consideration has been given to the rebels and main players in the Barons’ War than to their royalist opponents, with particular emphasis on their reasons and justifications for rebellion, the consequences of their actions, and their impact on the political, legal and socio-economic landscape.¹ It may be assumed that the motivations of the rebels provide a greater platform for study, especially for understanding thezeitgeistof the 1250s and 60s, and the reasons for the dramatic events, shifts and tensions which took place within it, on a micro- as well as a macro-level. The motivations of the

Julian-Jones reviews Bishops in the Political Community of England 1213-1272 by S. T. Ambler.