领域
历史
政府(语言学)
西班牙内战
古代史
政治学
考古
语言学
哲学
标识
DOI:10.1017/9781846152337.008
摘要
At a time when women were normally excluded from exercising any formal role in royal government, the early thirteenth century witnessed the unusual appointment of two female sheriffs in England. During the civil war of 1215–17, Lady Nicholaa de la Haye, the twice widowed heiress of the Lincolnshire barony of Brattleby, became the crown’s leading local official in this county, and conducted a spirited defence of Lincoln castle. Similarly, at the end of King Henry III’s minority, Ela Longespée, the widowed countess of Salisbury, was granted the shrievalty of Wiltshire. Although the appearance of two female sheriffs hardly represented a giant leap forward in the ‘monstrous regiment of women’, to borrow the later words of John Knox, the extraordinary roles that both Nicholaa and Ela fulfilled within the masculine realm of government office render them worthy of special attention. This essay will examine each of their careers in turn, seeking to explain their appointments, and considering their performances as sheriffs.
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