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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... taxation and magnate power, and about the wars which made them crucial factors in political and social development, it will he prudent to take a closer look at both at the outset. But before we do that we must first say something very ...
... taxation and magnate power, and about the wars which made them crucial factors in political and social development, it will he prudent to take a closer look at both at the outset. But before we do that we must first say something very ...
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... taxation. There was no real question of their refusing to aid him: it was an acknowledged principle that subjects were bound to aid their ruler when necessity and the common interest demanded. But because the king had no automatic right ...
... taxation. There was no real question of their refusing to aid him: it was an acknowledged principle that subjects were bound to aid their ruler when necessity and the common interest demanded. But because the king had no automatic right ...
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... taxation had serious shortcomings. They were occasional, granted for a specific campaign or in a specific military emergency; the idea that a king needed regular grants of taxation was never accepted in medieval England. The conditions ...
... taxation had serious shortcomings. They were occasional, granted for a specific campaign or in a specific military emergency; the idea that a king needed regular grants of taxation was never accepted in medieval England. The conditions ...
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... 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 potential lenders in the counties. It ...
... 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 potential lenders in the counties. It ...
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... taxation through their representatives in parliaments, but also through the part they came to play in local justice and administration, and through service in the kings' wars. The third is the interaction between royal public authority ...
... taxation through their representatives in parliaments, but also through the part they came to play in local justice and administration, and through service in the kings' wars. The third is the interaction between royal public authority ...
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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