Ducal Brittany, 1066-1166

... 30 The ducal administration was rudimentary and centred upon the itinerant household. Ducal government was largely personal. A tenant seeking ducal authorisation for a transaction, or ducal determination ... Bretagne', AB 53 (1946), 1±27 at 3. 17 ducal sovereignty. Here, though, there is a distinction between ducal domains, which were subject to direct ducal authority and administra- tion, and ... physical proximity of ducal domains. Ducal domain and baronies coexisted in the counties of Rennes, Cornouaille and Nantes and the Broe È rec. 4 penthièvre and léon The absence of ducal authority in...

... Reader)©CONTENTSListof®guresandmapspageviiiPrefaceixListofabbreviationsxiIntroduction11DucalBrittany,1066±1166172HenryIIandBrittany343ThegovernmentofBrittanyunderHenryII764DukeGeoffreyandBrittany,1166±1186935DukeGeoffrey,HenryIIandtheAngevinempire1236TheendofAngevinBrittany,1186±1203146Conclusion176Appendices1The`AssizeofCountGeoffrey'1822ThehereditaryseneschalsofRennes2043Angevinof®cersinBrittany2074Therightofwreckandducal213brefsdemerBibliography216Index237viiFIGURES ... Reader)©CONTENTSListof®guresandmapspageviiiPrefaceixListofabbreviationsxiIntroduction11DucalBrittany,1066±1166172HenryIIandBrittany343ThegovernmentofBrittanyunderHenryII764DukeGeoffreyandBrittany,1166±1186935DukeGeoffrey,HenryIIandtheAngevinempire1236TheendofAngevinBrittany,1186±1203146Conclusion176Appendices1The`AssizeofCountGeoffrey'1822ThehereditaryseneschalsofRennes2043Angevinof®cersinBrittany2074Therightofwreckandducal213brefsdemerBibliography216Index237viiFIGURES AND MAPSFigure 1 Genealogy of the dukes of Brittany, 1066±1203 page xvMap 1 The principal political divisions of Brittany, c.1066 ... of abbreviationsFigure 1 Genealogy of the dukes of Brittany, 1066±1203Map 1 The principal political divisions of Brittany, c.1066Map 2 Ducal domains, c.1066±1186Place names in bold type are...

... various ducal domains, of course, had a history of ducal administration, but there is no evidence that there was any ducal administration pertaining to the Broe È rec as a whole, nor any ducal ... dead. In¯uence of ducal authority beyond the ducal domains Much of the evidence for the consolidation and extension of ducal authority comes from attestations by barons to ducal acts. As noted ... expansion of ducal authority The territorial expansion of ducal authority was one of Geoffrey's most conspicuous achievements. He extended his administration to parts of Brittany where ducal authority...

... relation to Brittany, as early as 1155, was to intervene on behalf of the archbishop of Dol in this matter. 8 Henry II was certainly aware of the tradition of Norman suzerainty over Brittany, since ... as duke of Brittany, knowing that his loyalty would be assured by the king's power to dispossess him of the honour of Richmond. In the summer of 1156, Conan crossed to northern Brittany, ... Porhoe È t, who still retained ducal domains in the Broe È rec and Cornouaille. Henry II ®rst destroyed the Porhoe È t caput, Josselin, then seized the usurped ducal domains, including the castle...

... its granges back to the ducal domains, and to use another as the site of the new abbey, in exchange for some ducal land but primarily for large cash revenues from other ducal properties. 16 Perhaps ... the ducal regime. Although Constance lost the lands in the north-west of the duchy acquired by Duke Geoffrey, ducal authority in other parts of the duchy was consolidated. Inquests into ducal ... like Geoffrey, Constance avoided benefactions that involved alienation of the ducal patrimony, granting revenues from ducal lands, mills and customary dues rather than these assets themselves. On...

... a ducal seneschal, who was responsible for collecting all that was owed to the duke by the residents of his baillie. The seneschal's seat was a ducal castle or town, where he held the ducal ... of®ce of a ducal seneschal, in each of the counties of Nantes, Rennes and Cornouaille, responsible for exercising ducal authority over the inhabitants of the whole county, not just those of ducal ... responsible for the ducal domain in the county of Rennes. Whether his circumscription was the entire county of Rennes or the city of Rennes is somewhat academic, because ducal domain in the county...