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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... important aspects of the age such as • The reign of Edward I and Edward II • Edward III and the Hundred Years War • Plague and the changing economy • Church and state in the Later Middle Ages • The rise and fall of the Lancastrian ...
... important aspects of the age such as • The reign of Edward I and Edward II • Edward III and the Hundred Years War • Plague and the changing economy • Church and state in the Later Middle Ages • The rise and fall of the Lancastrian ...
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... important date. It was in that year that the death of the Maid of Norway, titular queen of Scotland, started a chain of events which were to lead in 1296 to the outbreak of a great war of the English against the Scots. Two years before ...
... important date. It was in that year that the death of the Maid of Norway, titular queen of Scotland, started a chain of events which were to lead in 1296 to the outbreak of a great war of the English against the Scots. Two years before ...
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... important of the king's seals. The use of the great seal for all purposes except routine business required to be warranted (usually by a letter under the privy seal). It was used to give authority to all important acts of state, to ...
... important of the king's seals. The use of the great seal for all purposes except routine business required to be warranted (usually by a letter under the privy seal). It was used to give authority to all important acts of state, to ...
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... important assistance in the drafting of royal statutes. After 1290, few of these judges were clerks, as so many of their predecessors had been, and few had had a clerical education. They were recruited now usually from among the ...
... important assistance in the drafting of royal statutes. After 1290, few of these judges were clerks, as so many of their predecessors had been, and few had had a clerical education. They were recruited now usually from among the ...
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... important throughout English history, appropriate to the needs of an age in which influential protection was a prime social necessity, and in which the government could not afford to maintain standing forces against military emergency ...
... important throughout English history, appropriate to the needs of an age in which influential protection was a prime social necessity, and in which the government could not afford to maintain standing forces against military emergency ...
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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