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Urban policy and urban political culture: Henry VII and his towns (2009)
Journal Article
Lee, J. (2009). Urban policy and urban political culture: Henry VII and his towns. Historical Research, 82(217), 493-510. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2009.00505.x

Henry VII has established a widely-recognized reputation for the assiduousness of his governance. For all the research conducted on Henry's handling of central government machinery, however, little scholarly effort has concentrated on the king's poli... Read More about Urban policy and urban political culture: Henry VII and his towns.

'Ye shall disturbe noe mans right': Oath-taking and oath-breaking in late medieval and early modern Bristol (2007)
Journal Article
Lee, J. (2007). 'Ye shall disturbe noe mans right': Oath-taking and oath-breaking in late medieval and early modern Bristol. Urban History, 34(1), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926807004312

Oaths of office are generally well preserved for many English towns and cities and they can tell us a great deal about the theoretical and (perhaps to a lesser extent) practical duties of office-holders. In the light of recent scholarly interest in o... Read More about 'Ye shall disturbe noe mans right': Oath-taking and oath-breaking in late medieval and early modern Bristol.