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Power and Privilege in Roman Society

By: Richard Duncan-Jones

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Power and Privilege in Roman Society

By: Richard Duncan-Jones

How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the career outcomes of senators and knights by social category. Contrasting patterns emerge from a new database of senatorial careers. Although the highest appointments could reflect experience, a clear preference for the more aristocratic senators is also seen. Bias is visible even in the major army commands and in the most senior civilian posts nominally filled by ballot. In equestrian appointments, successes by the less experienced again suggest the power of social advantage. Senatorial recruitment gradually opened up to include many provincials but Italians still kept their hold on the higher social groupings. The book also considers the senatorial career more widely, while a final section examines slave careers and the phenomenon of voluntary slavery.

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243

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Cambridge University Press

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1316715205

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9781316715208

Alexander II

King of Scots 1214-1249

By: Richard D. Oram

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Alexander II

King of Scots 1214-1249

By: Richard D. Oram

By equal measure state-builder and political unifier and ruthless opportunist and bloody-handed aggressor, Alexander II has been praised or vilified by past historians but has rarely been viewed in the round. This book explores the king's successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation. It lifts the focus from an introspective national history to look at the man and his kingdom in wider British and European history, examining his international relationships and offering the first detailed analysis of the efforts to work out a lasting diplomatic solution to Anglo-Scottish conflict over his inherited claims to the northern counties of England. More than just a political narrative, the book also seeks to illuminate aspects of the king's character and his relationships with those around him, especially his mother, his first wife Joan Plantagenet, and the great magnates, clerics and officials who served in his household and administration. The book illustrates the processes by which the mosaic of petty principalities and rival power-bases that covered the map of late 12th-century Scotland had become by the mid-13th century a unified state, hybrid in culture(s) and multilingual but acknowledging a common identity as Scots.

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Birlinn

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1907909052

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9781907909054

Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)

A Prince Among Princes

By: Richard Barber

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Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)

A Prince Among Princes

By: Richard Barber

Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic, restless and clever men ever to rule England, he was brought down both by his catastrophic relationship with his archbishop Thomas Becket and his debilitating arguments with his sons, most importantly the future Richard I and King John. His empire may have ultimately collapsed, but in Richard Barber's vivid and sympathetic account the reader can see why Henry II left such a compelling impression on his contemporaries.

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Penguin UK

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0141977094

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9780141977096

Henry Plantagenet

By: Richard Barber

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Henry Plantagenet

By: Richard Barber

Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. This biography offers both a study of his character, and an estimate of his work as a ruler, work which is in a sense the history of his life.

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Boydell Press

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0851159931

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9780851159935

German Imperial Knights

Noble Misfits between Princely Authority and the Crown, 1479–1648

By: Richard J. Ninness

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German Imperial Knights

Noble Misfits between Princely Authority and the Crown, 1479–1648

By: Richard J. Ninness

The German imperial knights were branded disobedient, criminal, or treasonous, but instead of finding themselves on the wrong side of history, they resisted marginalization and adapted through a combination of conservative and progressive strategies. The knights tried to turn the elite world on its head through their constant challenges to the princes in the realms of both culture and governance. They held their own chivalric tournaments from 1479-1487, and defied the emperor and powerful princes in refusing to obey laws that violated custom. But their resistance led to a series of disasters in the 1520s: their leaders were hunted down and their castles destroyed. Having failed on their own, they turned to Emperor Charles V in the 1540s and the imperial knighthood was formed. This new status stabilized their position and provided them with important rights, including the choice between Lutheranism and Catholicism. During the Reformation era (1517-1648), no other German group embraced diversity in religion like the imperial knights. Despite the popularity of Protestantism in the group, they stood up to their princely adversaries, now Protestant, becoming champions of the Catholic Church and proved themselves just as staunch defenders of the Church as the Habsburg and Wittelsbach dynasties.

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Routledge

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1000285022

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9781000285024

The Council of Bourges, 1225

A Documentary History

By: Richard Kay

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The Council of Bourges, 1225

A Documentary History

By: Richard Kay

Never before had France had a church council so large: almost 1000 churchmen assembled at Bourges on 29 November 1225 to authorize a tax on their incomes in support of the Second Albigensian Crusade. About one third of the participants were representatives sent by corporate bodies, in accordance with a new provision of canon law that insisted, for the first time ever, that there should be no taxation without representation. Basing himself on the rich surviving records, Professor Kay paints a skilful portrait of this council: the political manoeuvering by the papal legate to ensure the tax went through, and his use of this highly public occasion to humiliate members of the University of Paris; and, on the other hand, his failure to win a permanent endowment to support the papal bureaucracy, the bishops' effective protests against the pope's threat to diminish their jurisdiction over monasteries, and a subsequent 'taxpayers' revolt' that challenged the validity of the tax. The book also draws out the importance and implications of what took place, highlighting the council's place at the fountainhead of European representative democracy, the impact of the decisions made on the course of the Albigensian Crusade, the reform of monasticism, and the funding of the papal government which was left to rely on stop-gap expedients, such as the sale of indulgences. In addition, the author suggests that the corpus of texts, newly edited from the original manuscripts and with English translation, could be seen as a model for the revision of the conciliar corpus, most of which still remains based on 18th-century scholarship.

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Routledge

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135189224X

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Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477)

Politics and Personnel

By: Richard J. Walsh

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Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477)

Politics and Personnel

By: Richard J. Walsh

This is a definitive study of Charles the Bold's diplomatic and military relations with the Italian states, taking full account of economic policy. The book makes extensive use not only of the great mass of diplomatic correspondence in the archives of Florence, Mantua, Milan, Modena and Venice, but also of Charles' financial records in the archives of Brussels and Lille. The author's mastery of these primary sources is complemented by judicious use of a wide range of secondary material. Aspects of Charles the Bold's relations with Italy have been considered in earlier literature, but no study has before dealt with them comprehensively at any length. This book fills that gap and places Charles' reign in its wider European context.

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Liverpool University Press

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0853238383

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9780853238386

Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social Care

By: Ivan Gray,Richard Field,Keith Brown

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Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social Care

By: Ivan Gray,Richard Field,Keith Brown

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the areas of leadership, management and supervision for line managers, supervisors and senior practitioners Taking a problem-solving approach, the book explores different aspects of leadership and management including personal effectiveness, managing and leading supervision, managing training and development, managing resources and leading and developing a team. A precise review of each project area is linked to a set of audit tools that a manager can mobilise in order to review team and personal effectiveness and develop practice.

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235

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Learning Matters

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0857255738

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9780857255730

The Senate of Imperial Rome

By: Richard J.A. Talbert

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The Senate of Imperial Rome

By: Richard J.A. Talbert

Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers never before fully exploited for the study of the senate.

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Princeton University Press

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0691102384

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Power and Privilege in Roman Society

Power and Privilege in Roman Society

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Alexander II

Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)

Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)

Henry Plantagenet

Henry Plantagenet

German Imperial Knights

German Imperial Knights

The Council of Bourges, 1225

The Council of Bourges, 1225

Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477)

Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477)

Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social Care

Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social Care

The Senate of Imperial Rome

The Senate of Imperial Rome

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