England in the Later Middle Ages: A Political HistoryFirst 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. |
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... bastard feudalism'. The name is a little misleading: it denotes not a late and degenerate form of feudalism, only a ... feudal' seeks to identify. This is not altogether simple, since it is an historian's term of art, not contemporary ...
... bastard feudalism'. The name is a little misleading: it denotes not a late and degenerate form of feudalism, only a ... feudal' seeks to identify. This is not altogether simple, since it is an historian's term of art, not contemporary ...
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... feudalism in such documents explain one principal reason for the coining of the label 'bastard feudal'). But Trafford was retained not just as a soldier, but for life and in peace as well as war, and the kind of service that indentured ...
... feudalism in such documents explain one principal reason for the coining of the label 'bastard feudal'). But Trafford was retained not just as a soldier, but for life and in peace as well as war, and the kind of service that indentured ...
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... bastard feudal' system of retaining were more straightforward and obvious, from a public point of view. A lord's indentured retainers formed a nucleus round which a fighting company of knights, esquires and archers could be rapidly ...
... bastard feudal' system of retaining were more straightforward and obvious, from a public point of view. A lord's indentured retainers formed a nucleus round which a fighting company of knights, esquires and archers could be rapidly ...
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... medieval 'bastard feudal' world, the high aristocrats. As their sculptured effigies in full armour on their tombs remind us, these were in their own perception 'chivalrous' men, bred in a culture consciously knightly and martial. The ...
... medieval 'bastard feudal' world, the high aristocrats. As their sculptured effigies in full armour on their tombs remind us, these were in their own perception 'chivalrous' men, bred in a culture consciously knightly and martial. The ...
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... medieval England (Manchester, 1989), and M. Hicks, Bastard Feudalism (London, 1995), the former for its in depth treatment and the latter interpretively. For the controversy over the roots of bastard feudal relations (largely related to ...
... medieval England (Manchester, 1989), and M. Hicks, Bastard Feudalism (London, 1995), the former for its in depth treatment and the latter interpretively. For the controversy over the roots of bastard feudal relations (largely related to ...
Contents
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The reign of Edward II and its aftermath | 46 |
12901330 | 67 |
13301338 | 85 |
13371360 | 99 |
13301360 | 117 |
an overview | 137 |
Church and state in the later Middle Ages | 160 |
The reign of Henry IV | 242 |
parliament and the council | 261 |
The reign of Henry V | 281 |
14221453 | 302 |
14221450 | 325 |
14501461 | 347 |
Edward IVand Richard III | 369 |
England under the Yorkists | 394 |
Mysticism Wyclif and Lollardy | 180 |
13601381 | 201 |
The reign of Richard II | 219 |
Thc Woodville Family | 459 |
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