Plantagenet England 1225-1360.
Title:
Plantagenet England 1225-1360.
Author:
Prestwich, Michael.
ISBN:
9780191518850
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (663 pages)
Series:
New Oxford History of England
Contents:
Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Tables and Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Money -- PART I: INTRODUCTORY -- 1. THE ENVIRONMENT -- The Climate -- The People and Their Health -- The Landscape -- Animals -- Buildings -- Technology and Transport -- Conclusion -- 2. THE CROWN AND KINGSHIP -- The Coronation and Sacred Kingship -- Secular Kingship and the Crown -- Symbols and Ceremonies -- Buildings -- Court and Household -- 3. GOVERNMENT -- The Structure of Government -- Careers in Royal Administration -- Government in the Localities -- The Church -- Corruption -- Conclusion -- PART II: POLITICS AND WARS -- 4. POLITICS UNDER HENRY III -- Henry III -- The Early Years -- Foreigners -- Parliament -- The Church -- Politics in Crisis, 1258-1264 -- The Civil War and Montfort's Rule -- Armies of the Civil War -- Conclusion -- 5. RECONSTRUCTION AND REFORM, 1266-1294 -- The Settlement of England -- The New King -- Financial Reorganization -- Church and State -- Parliament and Legislation -- Politics and Patronage, 1289-1294 -- Conclusion -- 6. WALES -- Wales and the Marches -- Henry III and Wales -- Llywelyn ap Gruffudd -- The Edwardian Conquest -- The Organization of War -- Settlement and Rebellion -- English Armies -- The Aftermath -- 7. POLITICAL CRISES, 1294-1311 -- The Demands of War -- The Crisis of 1297 -- The Aftermath of Crisis -- Edward II and the Ordinances -- Parliament -- 8. TIMES OF TROUBLE, 1311-1330 -- The Death of Gaveston -- Lancaster and the Lincoln Parliament -- New Favourites -- The Civil War of 1321-1322 -- The Rule of the Despensers -- Deposition -- Isabella and Mortimer -- Appendix: The Modus Tenendi Parliamentum -- 9. SCOTLAND -- England and Scotland in the Thirteenth Century -- Edward I's Intervention in Scotland -- Edward I's Scottish War -- Edward II's Scottish War -- Edward III's Scottish War -- Land and Patronage.
The Organization of War -- Casualties and Ransoms -- The Scots and the North of England -- Conclusion -- 10. ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD III -- The Restoration of Royal Authority -- The Demands of War -- The Crisis of 1340-1341 -- Stability, Statutes, and Parliament -- Legislation and the Church -- The Government and the Economy -- Conclusion: Edward III -- 11. ENGLAND AND FRANCE -- The Causes of War -- Henry III and France -- England and France under Edward I and Edward II -- The Origins of War in 1337 -- Edward III's War Aims -- The Grand Strategy -- Years of Triumph -- The Black Prince's War -- Diplomacy and War -- 12. THE ARMIES OF EDWARD III'S FRENCH WAR -- Recruitment -- The Navy -- Supplies -- Command and Tactics -- Chivalry and Propaganda -- War and the Economy -- PART III: SOCIETY AND PEOPLE -- 13. THE GREAT LORDS -- The Earls -- Royal Policy -- Countesses -- Barons -- The Higher Clergy -- Households and Retinues -- Castles -- Death -- Conclusion -- 14. THE KNIGHTS AND THE GENTRY -- Counting Knights -- Falling Numbers -- Successful Knights -- Maintaining Numbers -- Esquires -- Community -- Symbols of Knighthood -- 15. LANDOWNERSHIP AND THE LAW -- The Acquisition of Land -- Legislation -- Entails, Jointures, and Uses -- 16. THE MANAGEMENT OF LAND -- High Farming -- Farming Methods -- The Fourteenth Century -- 17. THE PEASANTRY -- Free and Unfree -- The Land Market, Women, and the Landless -- Living Standards -- Resistance -- Village Life -- War and Politics -- 18. THE TOWNS -- Numbers and Characteristics -- Townspeople -- Urban Government -- Conflict -- Economy -- Guilds and Fraternities -- Urban Life -- 19. TRADE AND MERCHANTS -- Trade and Government -- Italian Companies -- English Merchants -- 20. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT -- The Extent of Crime -- Crime, Politics, and War -- Gentry, Clergy, and Women -- The Mechanisms of the Law.
The Keepers of the Peace -- Conviction and Punishment -- 21. POPULATION AND THE BLACK DEATH -- Overall Totals -- Local Evidence -- The Black Death -- The Course of the Epidemic -- The Consequences for Economy and Government -- Church and Culture -- 22. CONCLUSION -- National Identity -- Englishness and the Law -- Myth and War -- Art and Architecture -- Intellectual Life -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Genealogical Tables -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
The dramatic period 1225-1360 in Britain witnessed Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown, Edward II's deposition and death, great English victories in France, and the disaster of the Black Death. It also saw the development of the state, with the emergence of parliament a key element. Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of this period, illuminating themes of politics, economics, war, and society. - ;In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of Plantagenet England, a dramatic and turbulent period which saw many changes. In politics it saw Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown in Henry II's reign and it witnessed the deposition of Edward I. In contrast, it also saw the highly successful rules of Edward I and his grandson, Edward III. Political institutions were transformed with the development of parliament and war was a. dominant theme: Wales was conquered and the Scottish Wars of Independence started in Edward I's reign, and under Edward III there were triumphs at Cr--eacute--;cy and Poitiers. Outside of politics, English society was developing a structure, from the great magnates at the top to the peasantry at the bottom. Economic. changes were also significant, from the expansionary period of the thirteenth century to years of difficulty in the fourteenth century, culminating in the greatest demographic disaster of historical times, the Black Death. In this volume in the New Oxford History of England Michael Prestwich brings this fascinating century to life. - ;...a valuable addition to the 'New Oxford History of England' series ... Prestwich handles a wide range of topics skilfully and knowledgeably. This is a sober and judicious book which will have a wide appeal. - Martin Heale, History Journal;...[a] valuable volume - Contemporary Review;Impressive volume... a splendidly
clear and useable account. - John Hudson, BBC History Magazine;...an admirable blend of clarity and objective empiricism - Nicholas Vincent, Times Literary Supplement.
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