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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... Outlaws of Medieval Legend (re-issued 2000), Chivalry (Yale, 1984) and Nobles, Knights and Men at Arms in the Middle Ages ( Hambledon Press, 1996). This One. PPKZ-A8Y-FUFT. England in the Later Middle Ages A political history Second.
... Outlaws of Medieval Legend (re-issued 2000), Chivalry (Yale, 1984) and Nobles, Knights and Men at Arms in the Middle Ages ( Hambledon Press, 1996). This One. PPKZ-A8Y-FUFT. England in the Later Middle Ages A political history Second.
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... knights carried expensive equipment, a costly coat of mail with plate at the joints, and they were mounted on great warhorses which could be worth as much as £40 or even £80 (the cavalry soldier supplied his own equipment, but the king ...
... knights carried expensive equipment, a costly coat of mail with plate at the joints, and they were mounted on great warhorses which could be worth as much as £40 or even £80 (the cavalry soldier supplied his own equipment, but the king ...
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A Political History M.H. Keen. knighthood, and the knights were a military aristocracy; in 1301 Edward I was able to ... knight bachelor was paid two shillings a day, a foot archer two pence), but they had to be paid, fed, and ...
A Political History M.H. Keen. knighthood, and the knights were a military aristocracy; in 1301 Edward I was able to ... knight bachelor was paid two shillings a day, a foot archer two pence), but they had to be paid, fed, and ...
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... 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 inconvenient, probably, to lend than to serve the king in ...
... 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 inconvenient, probably, to lend than to serve the king in ...
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... knights and esquires who had taken the lord's fees, messengers, and at each of his residences he would find a great staff of grooms, huntsmen, and menial servants waiting for him. John Smyth's description of the household of Thomas Lord ...
... knights and esquires who had taken the lord's fees, messengers, and at each of his residences he would find a great staff of grooms, huntsmen, and menial servants waiting for him. John Smyth's description of the household of Thomas Lord ...
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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