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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... courts was not the only law that ran in England, nor his the only authority that enforced it. The church, an international community, had its own law, and its own courts enforced its rules on all men in spiritual matters (which included ...
... courts was not the only law that ran in England, nor his the only authority that enforced it. The church, an international community, had its own law, and its own courts enforced its rules on all men in spiritual matters (which included ...
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... court - diplomatic correspondence, summonses to appear before him, instructions to the chancellor to draw up official documents in accordance with his and his counsellors' decisions. Quite early in the fourteenth century the business ...
... court - diplomatic correspondence, summonses to appear before him, instructions to the chancellor to draw up official documents in accordance with his and his counsellors' decisions. Quite early in the fourteenth century the business ...
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... courts held their sessions. The King's Bench was the highest court in the land, aside from the king's own council and parliament, and was so called because of its concern with all matters that affected the crown. The Court of Common ...
... courts held their sessions. The King's Bench was the highest court in the land, aside from the king's own council and parliament, and was so called because of its concern with all matters that affected the crown. The Court of Common ...
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... court of the kingdom of Scotland. Over the next year a series of further appeals from the Scottish king's court were heard by the king of England, and King John was forced to appear in King's Bench to defend his judgements. When, in the ...
... court of the kingdom of Scotland. Over the next year a series of further appeals from the Scottish king's court were heard by the king of England, and King John was forced to appear in King's Bench to defend his judgements. When, in the ...
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... court had since then become so frequent that Edward had taken to maintaining permanent attornies to defend his causes before the French king's Parlement at Paris. In May 1293 an Anglo-Gascon fleet defeated a superior French Norman fleet ...
... court had since then become so frequent that Edward had taken to maintaining permanent attornies to defend his causes before the French king's Parlement at Paris. In May 1293 an Anglo-Gascon fleet defeated a superior French Norman fleet ...
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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administration alliance Archbishop Archbishop Arundel army Arundel assent authority Balliol barons bastard feudal Beaufort Bishop Brittany Burgundy Calais Cambridge campaign church claim clergy commons council councillors counties court crown Despensers duchy Duke Earl Edward II's reign Edward III Edward III's English estates exchequer export favour feudal fifteenth century Flanders force fourteenth century French Gascony gentry Gloucester grant heir Henry Henry VI Henry's host household Hundred Years War important influence justice K.B. McFarlane King of France king's kingdom knights labour Lancaster Lancastrian land late medieval Later Middle Ages Lollard London lords magnates March Medieval England ment merchants military Mortimer Normandy Ordinances Oxford parliament peace peers Percy period Philip political pope Prince promised R.P. vol realm remained revolt Richard Richard II royal Scotland Scots shire Somerset statute subsidy summoned taxation Thomas throne tion took treason treaty truce V. H. Galbraith Wales Warwick wool Wyclif York Yorkist