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King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed (2014)
Journal Article
Veach, C. (2014). King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed. English Historical Review, 129(540), 1051-1078. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceu221

This article re-examines King John’s persecution and eventual destruction of his former friend, William de Briouze, a signal example of John’s tyranny on the eve Magna Carta. Approaching the episode from the transnational perspective of the two men i... Read More about King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed.

Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241 (2014)
Book
Veach, C. (2014). Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241. Manchester University Press

© Colin Veach 2014. This book examines the rise and fall of the aristocratic Lacy family in England, Ireland, Wales and Normandy. This involves a unique analysis of medieval lordship in action, as well as a re-imagining of the role of English kingshi... Read More about Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241.