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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Page 13
... magnate affinity can be hard to pin down: the relationships involved could be so many and various. The affinity would include kinsmen of the lord; individuals retained in his service for life; counsellors, estate officials and others ...
... magnate affinity can be hard to pin down: the relationships involved could be so many and various. The affinity would include kinsmen of the lord; individuals retained in his service for life; counsellors, estate officials and others ...
Page 14
... magnate's affinity could promote in a world where disputes were all too often pursued by violence. Landowning gentry easily fell out with each other, usually over competing title to properties; and, since legal title could be difficult ...
... magnate's affinity could promote in a world where disputes were all too often pursued by violence. Landowning gentry easily fell out with each other, usually over competing title to properties; and, since legal title could be difficult ...
Page 15
... magnate patron were also the kind of people who were most vociferous in denunciations of the abuses of retaining. In ... magnates, retaining by indenture was of service to the crown and to the realm at large in times of war. 'Trust it ...
... magnate patron were also the kind of people who were most vociferous in denunciations of the abuses of retaining. In ... magnates, retaining by indenture was of service to the crown and to the realm at large in times of war. 'Trust it ...
Page 16
... magnates. Maintenance, the offence committed by the powerful when they upheld their followers' legal causes and ... magnate families and their followers were competing for influence (as the Nevilles and Percies in the north, for instance) ...
... magnates. Maintenance, the offence committed by the powerful when they upheld their followers' legal causes and ... magnate families and their followers were competing for influence (as the Nevilles and Percies in the north, for instance) ...
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... magnates (for the king had his own retinue, the household men of his 'royal affinity'). These groups can be described in terms of 'solidarities', but there was a fluid side to their composition, which could be a factor of instability ...
... magnates (for the king had his own retinue, the household men of his 'royal affinity'). These groups can be described in terms of 'solidarities', but there was a fluid side to their composition, which could be a factor of instability ...
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