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Plantagenet England 1225-1360

Author : Michael Prestwich
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0199226873
Total Pages : 663 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Plantagenet England 1225-1360 written by Michael Prestwich and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "England of the Plantagenet kings was a turbulent place. In politics it saw Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown in Henry III's reign and it witnessed the deposition of Edward II. By contrast, and as relief, it also experienced the highly successful rules of Edward I and his grandson, Edward III. Political institutions were transformed with the development of parliament, and war, the stimulus for some of that change, was never far away. Wales was conquered and the Scottish Wars of Independence started in Edward I's reign, while Crecy and Poitiers were English triumphs under Edward III." "Beyond politics, the structure of English society was developing, 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, culminating in the greatest demographic disaster of historical times, the Black Death." "Embracing politics and government, kingship, the structure of society, France, Scotland, and Wales, as well as areas such as the environment, the management of the land, crime and punishment, Michael Prestwich's survey casts the Plantagenet past in a new and revealing light."--BOOK JACKET.

England under the Norman and Angevin Kings

Author : Robert Bartlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192547372
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book England under the Norman and Angevin Kings written by Robert Bartlett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. This was a period in which the ruling dynasty and military aristocracy were deeply enmeshed with the politics and culture of France. Professor Bartlett describes their conflicts, and their preoccupations - the sense of honour, the role of violence, and the glitter of tournament, heraldry, and Arthurian romance. He explores the mechanics of government; assesses the role of the Church at a time of radical developments in religious life and organization; and investigates the peasant economy, the foundation of this society, and the growing urban and commercial activity. There are colourful details of the everyday life of ordinary men and women, with their views on the past, on sexuality, on animals, on death, the undead, and the occult. The result is a fascinating and comprehensive portrayal of a period which begins with conquest and ends in assimilation.

Shaping the Nation

Author : G. L. Harriss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199211191
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Shaping the Nation written by G. L. Harriss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses... A succession of dramatic social and political events reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his lucid and penetrating account of this formative period, Gerald Harriss illuminates a richly varied society, as chronicled in The Canterbury Tales, and examines its developing sense of national identity.

A New England?

Author : G. R. Searle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199284407
Total Pages : 991 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book A New England? written by G. R. Searle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G.R. Searle's narrative history breaks conventional chronological barriers to carry the reader from England in 1886, the apogee of the Victorian era with the nation poised to celebrate the empress queen's golden jubilee, to 1918, as the 'war to end all wars' drew to a close.

A Land of Liberty?

Author : Julian Hoppit
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191586528
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book A Land of Liberty? written by Julian Hoppit and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-06-22 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 was a decisive moment in England's history; an invading Dutch army forced James II to flee to France, and his son-in-law and daughter, William and Mary, were crowned as joint sovereigns. The wider consequences were no less startling: bloody war in Ireland, Union with Scotland, Jacobite intrigue, deep involvement in two major European wars, Britain's emergence as a great power, a 'financial revolution', greater religious toleration, a riven Church, and a startling growth of parliamentary government. Such changes were only part of the transformation of English society at the time. An enriching torrent of new ideas from the likes of Newton, Defoe, and Addison, spread through newspapers, periodicals, and coffee-houses, provided new views and values that some embraced and others loathed. England's horizons were also growing, especially in the Caribbean and American colonies. For many, however, the benefits were uncertain: the slave trade flourished, inequality widened, and the poor and 'disorderly' were increasingly subject to strictures and statutes. If it was an age of prospects it was also one of anxieties.

War, Government and Aristocracy in the British Isles, C.1150-1500

Author : Chris Given-Wilson
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843833895
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book War, Government and Aristocracy in the British Isles, C.1150-1500 written by Chris Given-Wilson and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, M. L. HOLFORD, ARCHIE DUNCAN, MATTHEW STRICKLAND, BJORN WEILER, ROBIN FRAME, ANDY KING, W. MARK ORMROD, G. L. HARRISS, NORMAN HOUSLEY, ANNE CURRY, MAURICE KEEN, WENDY CHILDS

The Later Tudors

Author : Penry Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192543962
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Later Tudors written by Penry Williams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-13 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Later Tudors is an authoritative and comprehensive study of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I—a turbulent period of conflict amongst European nations, and between warring Catholics and Protestants. These internal and external struggles created anxiety in England, but by the end of Elizabeth's reign the nation had achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity. Penry Williams combines the political, religious and economic history of the nation with a broader analysis of English society, family relations, and culture, in order to explain the workings and development of the English state. The result is an incisive and wide-ranging analysis that culminates in an assessment of England's part in the shaping of the New World.

A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?

Author : Boyd Hilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199218919
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? written by Boyd Hilton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty and disease, elite members of society lived in fear of revolt. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in society between 1783-1846 and the transformations from raffish and rakish behaviour to the new norms of Victorian respectability.

Seeking a Role

Author : Brian Harrison
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191606782
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Seeking a Role written by Brian Harrison and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the first of two self-standing volumes bringing The New Oxford History of England up to the present, Brian Harrison begins in 1951 with much of the empire intact and with Britain enjoying high prestige in Europe. The United Kingdom could still then claim to be a great power, whose welfare state exemplified compromise between Soviet planning and the USA’s free market. When the volume ends in 1970, no such claims carried conviction. The empire had gone, central planning was in trouble, and even the British political system had become controversial. In an unusually wide-ranging, yet impressively detailed volume, Harrison approaches the period from unfamiliar directions. He explains how British politicians in the 1950s and 1960s responded to this transition by pursuing successive roles for Britain: worldwide as champion of freedom, and in Europe as exemplar of parliamentary government, the multi-racial society, and economic planning. His main focus, though, rests not on the politicians but on the decisions the British people made largely for themselves: on their environment, social structure and attitudes, race relations, family patterns, economic framework, and cultural opportunities. By 1970 the consumer society had supplanted postwar austerity, the socialist vision was fading, and 'the sixties' (the theme of his penultimate chapter) had introduced new and even exotic themes and values. Having lost an empire, Britain was still resourcefully seeking a role: it had yet to find it.

Armies of Plantagenet England, 1135–1337

Author : Gabriele Esposito
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399008382
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Armies of Plantagenet England, 1135–1337 written by Gabriele Esposito and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ascent of the Plantagenets to the English throne in 1154 led to the beginning of a new historical phase in the British Isles, which was marked by numerous wars that were fought between the Kingdom of England and the 'Celtic nations' of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. During the rule of the Norman kings, the English armies had not completed the conquest of Wales and had established only some footholds in Ireland; Scotland was still independent and was ready to contest the Plantagenets’ possession of northern England. As a result of this situation, the two centuries between the rise of the new dynasty and the beginning of the Hundred Years’ War were characterized by a series of wars that ravaged feudal England. Gabriele Esposito covers all these conflicts, following the campaigns of Richard the Lionheart as well as those of his younger brother who was defeated on the continent at the large Battle of Bouvines; the conquest of Wales is analyzed in detail, as well as the First Scottish War of Independence that saw William Wallace playing a prominent role. The organization and equipment of all the troop types taken into account is described in full detail and lavishly illustrated with color images of reenactors, bringing these forces to life.

A Polite and Commercial People

Author : Paul Langford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198207337
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book A Polite and Commercial People written by Paul Langford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of Sir George Clark's Oxford History of England was published in 1934. Over the following 50 years that series established itself as a standard work of reference, and a repertoire of scholarship. The New Oxford History of England, of which this is the first volume, is its successor. Each volume will set out an authoritative view of the present state of scholarship, presenting a distillation of the knowledge built up by a half-century's research and publication of new sources, and incorporating the perspectives and judgements of modern scholars.

Knight: The Medieval Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual

Author : Michael Prestwich
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500771618
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Knight: The Medieval Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual written by Michael Prestwich and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s guide: how to become a knight, wield a sword, join a Crusade, and make your fortune. The knight is the supreme warrior of the Middle Ages. Fully armored and mounted on a magnificent charger, he seems invincible. Honor and glory await him as, guided by the chivalric code, he fights with lance and sword. This carefully researched yet entertaining book provides all the essential information you need to become a successful knight in the later Middle Ages, during the period of the Hundred Years’ War. Should you go on a Crusade? Which order of chivalry might you consider joining? What is required when you go through the ceremony of knighthood? Here are the answers to these and many more questions plus practical advice on topics such as equipment, fighting methods, and the conventions of warfare. But the knightly life is not all battles and sieges: there are also tournaments and jousts to enjoy and the world of courtly love. Based on contemporary lives and descriptions, this book—written by a leading medieval historian—paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be a medieval knight.

Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011

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Publisher : Douglas Richardson
ISBN 13 : 1461045134
Total Pages : 2352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 written by and published by Douglas Richardson. This book was released on with total page 2352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881

Author : C.C. Baldwin
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5874721363
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 written by C.C. Baldwin and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1881 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

OCR A Level History: Late Medieval England 1199–1455

Author : Andrew Holland
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 1471837335
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book OCR A Level History: Late Medieval England 1199–1455 written by Andrew Holland and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 This is an OCR endorsed resource Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this tailor-made series for OCR's British period studies and enquiries. - Develops the analytical skills required to succeed in the period study by organising the narrative content around the key issues for students to explore - Enhances understanding of the chosen historical period, supplying a wealth of extracts and sources that offer opportunities to practise the evaluative skills needed for the enquiry - Progressively improves study skills through developmental activities and advice on answering practice exam questions - Helps students to review, revise and reflect on the course material through chapter summaries and revision activities that consolidate topic knowledge - Equips students with transferable critical thinking skills, presenting contrasting academic opinions that encourage A Level historians to make informed judgements on major debates Each title in the OCR A Level History series contains one or two British period studies and its associated enquiry, providing complete support for every option in Unit Group 1. Late Medieval England 1199-1455 This title explores the reigns of the English Kings from John to Henry VI through two British period studies and two enquiries. It allows an in-depth understanding of the key historical knowledge, terms and concepts relevant to the period studied and encourages the critical use of evidence in investigating and assessing historical questions in the associated enquiries: 'King John 1199-1216' and 'Richard II 1377-1399'. This title covers the following period studies and enquiries: - King John 1199-1216 - England 1216-1272 - Richard II 1377-1399 - England 1399-1455

Fighting Essex Soldier

Author : Christopher Thornton
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
ISBN 13 : 1909291943
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Essex Soldier written by Christopher Thornton and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wars of the fourteenth-century English kings with France and Scotland resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of men involved in warfare on land and sea. This book draws upon new research to identify and analyze these soldiers at all social levels in the specific context of the county of Essex. New approaches to the history of the later Middle Ages allow important evidence of military service to be correlated with the rich documentary material stemming from landholding, taxation, administration and other aspects of economic and social life. Significant comparisons can then be made: increased demands for taxation and for shipping from maritime communities, for example, cast light on the impact of war upon the 'Home Front'. The uprising of 1381 is considered as the consequence of the intensive militarization of the south and southeast coast of England and the consequent cost to taxpayers. In a series of related chapters which add up to a wide-reaching survey, leading researchers explore key aspects of military, social and economic history in fourteenth-century Essex. From the raising of forces to serve the king, through a study of aristocratic lawlessness which may have been linked to violent experiences on the battlefield, to new ways of analysing data to give insights into men recruited as archers and mariners, and a consideration of military aspects of the Peasants' Revolt, this is a rewarding examination of medieval fighting men which affords much new insight into Essex history.

A Short History of the Hundred Years War

Author : Michael Prestwich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786723263
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Hundred Years War written by Michael Prestwich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history. A bitter dynastic fight between Plantagenet and Valois, The Hundred Years War was fought out on the widest of stages while also creating powerful new nationalist identities. In his vivid new history, Michael Prestwich shows that it likewise involved large and charismatic individuals: Edward III, claimant to the French throne; his son Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince; wily architect of the first French victories, Bertrand du Guesclin; chivalric hero Jean Boucicaut; inspirational leader Henry V, unlikely winner at Agincourt (1415), who so nearly succeeded in becoming King of France; and the martyred Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc, thought to be divinely inspired. Offering an up-to-date analysis of military organization, strategy and tactics, including the deadly power of English archery, the author explains the wider politics in a masterful account of the War as a whole: from English victory at Sluys (1340) to the turn of the tide and French revival as the invader was driven back across the Channel.