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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... England (Manchester, 1920-33) T.R.H.S. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society V.C.H. Victoria History of the Counties of England 1 Introduction The structure of government and politics The year xii Abbreviations.
... England (Manchester, 1920-33) T.R.H.S. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society V.C.H. Victoria History of the Counties of England 1 Introduction The structure of government and politics The year xii Abbreviations.
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... counties were visited by justices in eyre, appointed in the exchequer, with power to hear all pleas and to undertake a general review of the administration of the king's rights (these eyres were unpopular, and lapsed in the course of ...
... counties were visited by justices in eyre, appointed in the exchequer, with power to hear all pleas and to undertake a general review of the administration of the king's rights (these eyres were unpopular, and lapsed in the course of ...
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... counties, and later as justices of the peace. The overall effect of this proliferation of local offices was to give the sector of society that historians broadly call 'the gentry' a newly significant part to play in the governance of ...
... counties, and later as justices of the peace. The overall effect of this proliferation of local offices was to give the sector of society that historians broadly call 'the gentry' a newly significant part to play in the governance of ...
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... counties. It was to the wealthy, bishops, abbots and knights, and to communities such as boroughs that the commissioners naturally addressed their requests. The subject had not much real option of refusing them; it was much less ...
... counties. It was to the wealthy, bishops, abbots and knights, and to communities such as boroughs that the commissioners naturally addressed their requests. The subject had not much real option of refusing them; it was much less ...
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... counties were Scots; only the key castles were left in the hands of Englishmen.3 A wealth of experience of the problems of government in strange lands, culled in Ireland and Wales, lay behind the provisions of this impressive and ...
... counties were Scots; only the key castles were left in the hands of Englishmen.3 A wealth of experience of the problems of government in strange lands, culled in Ireland and Wales, lay behind the provisions of this impressive and ...
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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