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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... Scotland, in Edward I's day, they often served without pay, and later, for service in France, they showed themselves willing to wait, sometimes for years, for wages of war for themselves and their men. On account of their great wealth ...
... Scotland, in Edward I's day, they often served without pay, and later, for service in France, they showed themselves willing to wait, sometimes for years, for wages of war for themselves and their men. On account of their great wealth ...
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... Scotland so well as he, for they (the Percies) have the hearts of the people by the north, and ever had.' Hardyng spoke from personal knowledge: 'I, the maker of this book, was brought up from twelve years of age in Sir Henry Percy's ...
... Scotland so well as he, for they (the Percies) have the hearts of the people by the north, and ever had.' Hardyng spoke from personal knowledge: 'I, the maker of this book, was brought up from twelve years of age in Sir Henry Percy's ...
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... Scotland who was called the 'Maid of Norway', died in the Orkneys. She was the granddaughter and heiress of Alexander III, King of Scots, who had died in 1286; and for the last four years her kingdom had been governed by six 'guardians ...
... Scotland who was called the 'Maid of Norway', died in the Orkneys. She was the granddaughter and heiress of Alexander III, King of Scots, who had died in 1286; and for the last four years her kingdom had been governed by six 'guardians ...
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... Scotland. It was in this spirit that he approached the question of arbitration, in May 1291, when he went north to meet the representatives of the Scottish kingdom at Norham on the Tweed. By the end of June 1291 Edward had persuaded the ...
... Scotland. It was in this spirit that he approached the question of arbitration, in May 1291, when he went north to meet the representatives of the Scottish kingdom at Norham on the Tweed. By the end of June 1291 Edward had persuaded the ...
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... Scotland. John's Scottish councillors encouraged him to resist Edward, and finally took over resistance on his behalf. In June 1294 Balliol was summoned, as Edward's feudal subject, to perform military service in the war which had ...
... Scotland. John's Scottish councillors encouraged him to resist Edward, and finally took over resistance on his behalf. In June 1294 Balliol was summoned, as Edward's feudal subject, to perform military service in the war which had ...
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