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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... peers. Even then, however, theirs was a moderating influence in politics, in favour of stable government and marked by a less martial concept of the common interest than that of the lay lords. It was the lay lords who presented the real ...
... peers. Even then, however, theirs was a moderating influence in politics, in favour of stable government and marked by a less martial concept of the common interest than that of the lay lords. It was the lay lords who presented the real ...
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... peers, and to demonstrate to lesser men that his good lordship and service were worth seeking. The prospect of his good lordship was what drew men towards his affinity, and so into the network of influences and common interests through ...
... peers, and to demonstrate to lesser men that his good lordship and service were worth seeking. The prospect of his good lordship was what drew men towards his affinity, and so into the network of influences and common interests through ...
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... peer in England. In many retinues the number of formally indentured retainers was probably not very great: they were a small, central group in the society that gathered about a lord and his household. But they were always there in such ...
... peer in England. In many retinues the number of formally indentured retainers was probably not very great: they were a small, central group in the society that gathered about a lord and his household. But they were always there in such ...
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... peers (that is, men whose substance was not sufficient to guarantee their social responsibility) to retain men who were not their household servants by grants of fees and liveries. It also forbade peers to retain men of low estate ...
... peers (that is, men whose substance was not sufficient to guarantee their social responsibility) to retain men who were not their household servants by grants of fees and liveries. It also forbade peers to retain men of low estate ...
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A Political History M.H. Keen. forbade peers to retain men of low estate, 'valets' and yeomen archers who were not permanently employed in the household, by grants of liveries. But it specifically permitted peers (and no others) to ...
A Political History M.H. Keen. forbade peers to retain men of low estate, 'valets' and yeomen archers who were not permanently employed in the household, by grants of liveries. But it specifically permitted peers (and no others) to ...
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