Lordship and locality: multiple lordship in the north midlands during the long twelfth century (c.1066-c.1216)

This thesis addresses the phenomenon of multiple lordship in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire, c.1066-1216, as a means of questioning the present historiographical dominance of the honour. It does so through a study of the multiple allegiances of the minor lords of this area. The first...