England in the Later Middle AgesFirst published to wide critical acclaim in 1973, England in the Later Middle Ages has become a seminal text for students studying this diverse, complex period. This spirited work surveys the period from Edward I to the death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, which heralded in the Tudor Age. |
Contents
Section I Edward I and Edward II 12901330 | 21 |
Section II The age of Edward III 13301360 | 81 |
Section III The changing world of the later Middle Ages | 133 |
Section IV The uncertain years 13601415 | 196 |
Section V The rise and fall of the Lancastrian empire | 275 |
Section VI The Yorkists | 362 |
Epilogue | 408 |
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Genealogical tables | 442 |
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administration alliance Archbishop Archbishop Arundel army Arundel assent authority Balliol bastard feudal Beaufort Bishop Brittany Burgundy Calais Cambridge chancellor Charles Chronicle church claim clergy commons council councillors counties court crown Despensers duchy Duke Earl Edward III Edward III’s English estates exchequer export favour fifteenth century force fourteenth century French Gascony gentry Gloucester grant heir Henry VI Henry VI’s Henry’s house of Lancaster household Hundred Years War important influence IV’s justice King of France king’s kingdom knights labour Lancaster Lancastrian land Later Middle Ages Lollard London lords magnates March Medieval England merchants military negotiations Neville Normandy Ordinances Oxford parliament peace peers Percy period Philip political pope Prince R.P. vol realm reign remained revolt Richard II Richard II’s royal Scotland Scots shire Sir John Somerset statute subsidy success Suffolk summoned taxation Thomas throne took treason treaty Treaty of Brétigny truce Wales Warwick wool Wyclif York York’s Yorkist