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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... land north of the Forth. All the same Edward's efforts in time seemed to be telling, because they were sustained. The English control of the sea, complete during the campaigning seasons at least, also worked in the English king's favour ...
... land north of the Forth. All the same Edward's efforts in time seemed to be telling, because they were sustained. The English control of the sea, complete during the campaigning seasons at least, also worked in the English king's favour ...
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... land between the Forth and the Mounth, and the land north of that. Most of the sheriffs appointed in the ordinance to administer the counties were Scots; only the key castles were left in the hands of Englishmen.3 A wealth of experience ...
... land between the Forth and the Mounth, and the land north of that. Most of the sheriffs appointed in the ordinance to administer the counties were Scots; only the key castles were left in the hands of Englishmen.3 A wealth of experience ...
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... land to a certain annual value, £100, or £50, or £40 a year (£40 was the usual figure; the demand of 1297 that twenty librate landholders should serve as cavalrymen probably asked them to do more than they could afford). When Edward ...
... land to a certain annual value, £100, or £50, or £40 a year (£40 was the usual figure; the demand of 1297 that twenty librate landholders should serve as cavalrymen probably asked them to do more than they could afford). When Edward ...
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... land.6 Its opening protest was against the summons to those who held twenty librates or more of land to serve in Flanders. This summons had no customary precedent, and there was no promise that the service would be paid; besides, twenty ...
... land.6 Its opening protest was against the summons to those who held twenty librates or more of land to serve in Flanders. This summons had no customary precedent, and there was no promise that the service would be paid; besides, twenty ...
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... land. A year later, at the Lincoln parliament of 1301, the opposition was still alert and active. A long bill was presented by Henry of Keighley, knight of the shire for Lancashire, in the name of the prelates and magnates. Its clauses ...
... land. A year later, at the Lincoln parliament of 1301, the opposition was still alert and active. A long bill was presented by Henry of Keighley, knight of the shire for Lancashire, in the name of the prelates and magnates. Its clauses ...
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