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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... peace in the 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 ...
... peace in the 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 ...
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... Trafford was retained for life by the earl, in peace and war, to be 'ready at the desire or commandment of the earl to come unto him at all such times and in such places as the earl shall call upon him . . Introduction 1 3.
... Trafford was retained for life by the earl, in peace and war, to be 'ready at the desire or commandment of the earl to come unto him at all such times and in such places as the earl shall call upon him . . Introduction 1 3.
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... peace as well as war, and the kind of service that indentured retainers such as he might render in peace were very significant indeed. They were drawn from among the countv gentry, and were not permanently resident in their lord's ...
... peace as well as war, and the kind of service that indentured retainers such as he might render in peace were very significant indeed. They were drawn from among the countv gentry, and were not permanently resident in their lord's ...
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... peace of the realm. Bastard feudalism was Janus faced: the kind of relationships between men that it fostered could play a vital part in the maintenance of social stability; they were equally capable of contributing to spiralling ...
... peace of the realm. Bastard feudalism was Janus faced: the kind of relationships between men that it fostered could play a vital part in the maintenance of social stability; they were equally capable of contributing to spiralling ...
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... peaceful solution to the problem of Anglo-Scottish relations, for the Scottish kings in the past had always contested the ill-specified superiority which the English kings claimed over their land. The death of the Maid of Norway was ...
... peaceful solution to the problem of Anglo-Scottish relations, for the Scottish kings in the past had always contested the ill-specified superiority which the English kings claimed over their land. The death of the Maid of Norway was ...
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