England in the Late Middle AgesExamines the historical events that occurred between 1307 and 1536, noting their effect on English common law, the rise of the middle class, and the development of a national spirit. |
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Page 41
... importance as the privy seal had had under Edward II , or the griffin seal in the early years of Edward III . Nor was the clerk of the signet , the secretary , as yet the important official he later became ; though it was in Richard ...
... importance as the privy seal had had under Edward II , or the griffin seal in the early years of Edward III . Nor was the clerk of the signet , the secretary , as yet the important official he later became ; though it was in Richard ...
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... important judicial cases and questions of policy had been reserved for the consideration of special solemn as- semblies , in which originally the justices and principal officials of the government were prominent to give expert advice ...
... important judicial cases and questions of policy had been reserved for the consideration of special solemn as- semblies , in which originally the justices and principal officials of the government were prominent to give expert advice ...
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... important than in Norman times agriculture was still the occupation of the majority of the people - as it was to remain until the nineteenth century . In most of the richest and important parts of the country the open - field system was ...
... important than in Norman times agriculture was still the occupation of the majority of the people - as it was to remain until the nineteenth century . In most of the richest and important parts of the country the open - field system was ...
Contents
PART I | 15 |
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REALM | 37 |
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL | 54 |
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Abbey administration anti-clerical aristocratic baronial Beaufort became began bishops Black Death Cathedral chantries Chapel claim clergy Commons Council courts Crown death Duke Earl early fourteenth century early Tudors ecclesiastical Edward Edward III Edward IV English especially estates Exchequer favour fifteenth century fourteenth century France French friars Gascony gentry gilds Gloucester Gloucester Cathedral Gothic Henry VII Henry's household houses Hundred Years War important increasing increasingly influence John jurisdiction justice king king's knights Lancaster Lancastrian land late medieval England late middle ages Lollards London lords magnates manorial marcher lords ment merchants middle classes monarchy monasteries monks Oxford papal parish churches Parliament peasants period Perpendicular Gothic political pope popular Reformation reign revival Richard Richard II Scots Scottish ships social statutes tenants thirteenth century throne towns trade tradition usually village villeins Wales Warwick wealth Winchester wool York Yorkists