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Government by itineration is a method of governing by which monarchs travel around their jurisdictions in order to check what is happening. It was a common method of government in Europe in the Middle Ages.〔(''Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe'', Peter Heather. Page 529 )〕 ==Description== A monarch would travel around his realm, stopping on the way and staying a few days in the towns and settlements through which he passed. There, he would be informed of recent events and deal with any legal cases that needed hearing. He would also consume local produce, hosting feasts for local dignitaries. An example of itineration is King Henry I of England's travels in 1114. According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' (versions E and H): king Henry was in Windsor at Christmas, and wore his crown there... The king spent Easter at Kingsthorpe near Northampton... The king spent Whit Sunday at St. Albans. Thereafter, at midsummer, he went with his levies into Wales... Thereafter he came to Winchester... Thereafter he went oversea () into Normandy.〔 According to Peter Heather, "itineration was the key mechanism of government in the new entities of northern and eastern Europe" in the eleventh century.〔 However, this produced a situation where core territories were "subject to permanent, more intensive control, and peripheral ones that were liable to fall under the control of others as the power of individual dynasts waxed and waned".〔 England was one of the first Medieval Kingdoms to begin the process of creating a permanent center of government. Prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Saxons had created a permanent treasury at Winchester around which a nucleus of government functions began to grow. The Normans continued this institution with the creation of the Exchequer by Henry I. In 1150, some years after Henry's death, the Exchequer was established at the Palace of Westminster. The tradition continues to the present day, with the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at nearby 11 Downing Street, adjacent to number 10, the office of the First Lord of the Treasury who in modern times is also the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and just a block from HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Government by itineration」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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