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Henry V (1413-22) is widely acclaimed as the most successful late medieval English king. In his short reign of nine and a half years, he re-imposed the rule of law, made the crown solvent, decisively crushed heresy, achieved a momentous victory at the battle of Agincourt (1415), and negotiated a remarkably favourable settlement for the English over the French in the Treaty of Troyes (1420). Above all, he restored the reputation of the English monarchy and united the English people behind the crown following decades of upheaval and political turmoil. But who was the man behind these achievements? What explains his success? How did he acquire such a glorious reputation? The ground-breaking ess...
Dodd focuses on the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament. Concentrating on parliament's role as an instrument of government, a place where the king's subjects brought petitions in the hope of securing remedial action, this book reasserts the importance of this role.
Articles showcasing the fruits of the most recent scholarship in the field of fourteenth-century studies.
New research into petitions and petitioning in the middle ages, illuminating aspects of contemporary law and justice.
New approaches to the political culture of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, considering its complex relation to monarchy and state.
Petitions are vital sources for our knowledge of life in the middle ages. A selection is presented here with English summaries, notes, and introduction.
This collection of ground-breaking essays celebrates Mark Ormrod’s wide-ranging influence over several generations of scholars. The seventeen chapters in this collection focus primarily on the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and are grouped thematically on governance and political resistance, culture, religion and identity.
An edited history of key aspects of the reign of Richard II, last Plantagenet king, who at fourteen faced down the ringleaders of the Peasants’ Revolt and was murdered by Henry IV – an illegal usurpation that launched the Lancastrian royal dynasty. Contributors include Anne Curry, Mark Ormrod, Simon Walker and Alison McHardy.
The fruits of new research on the politics, society and culture of England in the fourteenth century.
The crucial first years of Henry IV's reign examined, to discover how he met and overcame the challenges created by his usurpation of the throne. Having seized the throne from his cousin Richard II in 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, the first nobleman to be made king of England since the twelfth century, faced the remarkable challenge of securing his power and authority over a kingdom that was divided and in turmoil. This collection of essays - the first such collection focusing specifically on the reign of the first Lancastrian king - by some of the leading historians of late medieval England, takes a fresh look at the crucial but neglected first years of Henry IV's reign, examining how Henry met ...