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. The second edition of this book, while maintaining the character of the original, brings the study up to date. Each chapter includes a discussion of the historiographical developments of the last decade and the author takes a fresh look at the changing world of the Later Middle Ages, particularly the plague and the economy. Also included is a rewritten introduction. |
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... crown. The Court of Common Pleas (often called the 'bench' simply) dealt with cases between parties and corrected the errors of lower courts. The judges of these courts, appointed by the crown, were men of great influence, often called ...
... crown. The Court of Common Pleas (often called the 'bench' simply) dealt with cases between parties and corrected the errors of lower courts. The judges of these courts, appointed by the crown, were men of great influence, often called ...
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... crown, and held inquests into matters in which the king had a customary legal interest, such as murders and wrecks. There were the escheators who looked after the king's rights as a feudal landlord, to wardships, marriages, and reliefs ...
... crown, and held inquests into matters in which the king had a customary legal interest, such as murders and wrecks. There were the escheators who looked after the king's rights as a feudal landlord, to wardships, marriages, and reliefs ...
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... crown by established customary right. That spelt a need for the king to negotiate with some body or assembly that could be held to represent the 'community of the realm' and therefore empowered to assent to taxation on his behalf ...
... crown by established customary right. That spelt a need for the king to negotiate with some body or assembly that could be held to represent the 'community of the realm' and therefore empowered to assent to taxation on his behalf ...
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... crown were inseparable from war taxation in the late Middle Ages. Subsidies took time to collect, and it became normal to ask for loans in anticipation of their payment, through commissioners appointed to negotiate personally with ...
... crown were inseparable from war taxation in the late Middle Ages. Subsidies took time to collect, and it became normal to ask for loans in anticipation of their payment, through commissioners appointed to negotiate personally with ...
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... crown. This did not always make them committed royalists in politics, but they usually looked on political issues with a bias that favoured the monarchy. Late in the fourteenth century and in the fifteenth, when cadets of noble houses ...
... crown. This did not always make them committed royalists in politics, but they usually looked on political issues with a bias that favoured the monarchy. Late in the fourteenth century and in the fifteenth, when cadets of noble houses ...
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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