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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... force and inadequate funds at his disposal; and he left his kingdom on the verge of civil war. Edward achieved nothing in Flanders, and he was glad enough, in October 1297, to make a truce with Philip IV. He was not able to return at ...
... force and inadequate funds at his disposal; and he left his kingdom on the verge of civil war. Edward achieved nothing in Flanders, and he was glad enough, in October 1297, to make a truce with Philip IV. He was not able to return at ...
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... force. This strategy had two major drawbacks. In the first place, after the ugly domestic confrontations in England in 1297, he never again felt able to put quite the same pressure on his people that he had before, to make them ...
... force. This strategy had two major drawbacks. In the first place, after the ugly domestic confrontations in England in 1297, he never again felt able to put quite the same pressure on his people that he had before, to make them ...
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... force which invaded Scotland in 1298 numbered probably nearly 30,000 men, and the hosts of 1300, 1303 and 1314 were, if smaller, of comparable size. Between 1294 and 1297 Edward I also had to raise and pay large forces for service in ...
... force which invaded Scotland in 1298 numbered probably nearly 30,000 men, and the hosts of 1300, 1303 and 1314 were, if smaller, of comparable size. Between 1294 and 1297 Edward I also had to raise and pay large forces for service in ...
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... forces of paid infantry in Wales and Ireland. The key arm, however, was the cavalry: it was the mounted knights who won the day at Falkirk and Methven and who lost it at Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn. They were also a very expensive force ...
... forces of paid infantry in Wales and Ireland. The key arm, however, was the cavalry: it was the mounted knights who won the day at Falkirk and Methven and who lost it at Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn. They were also a very expensive force ...
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... forces raised on the basis of a contract made between the king and a captain, who would subcontract with other knights to form a troop on a voluntary basis. The greater barons normally served the king in person (as was their traditional ...
... forces raised on the basis of a contract made between the king and a captain, who would subcontract with other knights to form a troop on a voluntary basis. The greater barons normally served the king in person (as was their traditional ...
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