Author: Jack Robert LanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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The Limitations of English Monarchy in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Jack Robert LanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Limitations of English Monarchy in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Jack Robert LanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Problem of Sovereignty in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Michael WilksPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521070188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Sovereignty has always been an important concept in political thought, and at no time in European history was it more important than during the perplexed conditions of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Universal government was a fading dream, giving way to the new conception of the national state and the whole basis of political thought was being reorientated by the influx of Aristotelian ideas. Dr Wilks's book is an attempt to clarify the more important problems in the political outlook of the period. He shows that at this time the theologians and literary writers, especially Augustinus Triumphus of Ancona, had built up a complete theory of sovereignty in favour of the papal monarchy, based on a neo-Platonic, Augustinian view of the church as a universal and totalitarian state.
Parliament and Politics in Late Medieval England: The English monarchy, powers and limitations, in the Middle Ages. The problem of the attendance of the lords in medieval parliaments. A consideration of certain aspects and problems of the English modus tenendi parliamentum. The medieval Speakers for the Commons in Parliament. The Parliamentary representation of Lincolnshire during the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. The social composition of the Commonds in a fifteenth-century Parliament. The office and dignity of Protector of England, with special reference to its origins. Perspectives in English Parliamentary history
Author: John Smith RoskellPublisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages :
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Justice and Grace
Author: Gwilym DoddPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 019160707X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Focussing on the key role of the English medieval parliament in hearing and determining the requests of the king's subjects, this ground-breaking new study examines the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament (c.1270-1450). Until now, historians have focussed on the political and financial significance of the English medieval parliament; this book offers an important re-evaluation placing the emphasis on parliament as a crucial element in the provision of royal government and justice. It looks at the nature of medieval petitioning, how requests were written and how and why petitioners sought redress specifically in parliament. It also sheds new light on the concept of royal grace and its practical application to parliamentary petitions that required the king's personal intervention. The book traces the development of private petitioning over a period of almost two hundred years, from a point when parliament was essentially an instrument of royal administration, to one where it was self-consciously dispatching petitions as the highest court of the land. Gwilym Dodd considers not only the detail of the petitionary process, but also broader questions about the government of late medieval England. His conclusions contribute to our understanding of the nature of medieval monarchy, and its ability (or willingness) to address local difficulties, as well as the nature of local society, and the problems that faced individuals and communities in medieval society.
England in the Middle Ages
Author: John David Griffith DaviesPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages
Author: Fritz KernPublisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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The Royal Policy of Richard II
Author: Richard Hutton JonesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Later Middle Ages
Author: Stephen MedcalfPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429537514
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Originally published in 1981, The Later Middle Ages bridges the gap between modern and medieval language and literature, by introducing the social and intellectual milieu in which writers like Chaucer, Malory and Margery Kempe lived. It provides a unified and coherent account of the culture of late medieval England, and of the problems involved in viewing it, in relation to English literature. The book covers the history of ideas and education, art and architecture, and changes in the social, economic and political structure.
Political culture in later medieval England
Author: Michael J. BraddickPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526148226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This is an important collection of pioneering essays penned by the late Simon Walker, a highly respected historian of late medieval England. One of the finest scholars of his generation, Walker's writing is lucid, inspirational, and has permanently enriched our understanding of the period. The eleven essays featured here examine themes such as kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity. There are specific studies on subjects such as the changing fortunes of the family of Sir Richard Abberbury; Yorkshire's Justices of the Peace; the service of medieval man-at-arms, Janico Dartasso; Richard II's views on kingship, political saints, and an investigation of rumour, sedition and popular protest in the reign of Henry IV. An introduction by G.L. Harriss looks back across Walker's career, and discusses the historiographical context of his work. Both the new and previously published pieces here will be essential reading for those working on the late medieval period.