LEADER 03843oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910965369003321 005 20250220175720.0 010 $a9798400663901 010 $z9780313011362 010 $a9786610927746 010 $a9781280927744 010 $a1280927747 010 $a9780313011368 010 $a0313011362 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400663901 035 $a(CKB)111087027036200 035 $a(EBL)3000928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11171011 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132875 035 $a(PQKB)10530468 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10040757 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL92774 035 $a(OCoLC)52724144 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000928 035 $a(OCoLC)1176026245 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400663901BC 035 $a(Perlego)4192002 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027036200 100 $a20010717d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHistorical dictionary of late medieval England, 1272-1485 /$fedited by Ronald H. Fritze and William B. Robison 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$dc2002. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (672 p.) 311 08$a9780313291241 311 08$a0313291241 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [611]-622) and index. 330 8 $aProviding the chronological setting for many of Shakespeare's plays, various swashbuckling novels from Sir Walter Scott's to Robert Louis Stevenson's, and such Hollywood films as Braveheart, late Medieval England is superficially well known. Yet its true complexity remains elusive, locked in the covers of specialized monographs and journal articles. In over 300 entries written by 80 scholars, this book makes the factual information and historical interpretations of the era readily available. Covering political, military, religious, and constitutional subjects as well as social and economic topics, the volume is easy to use, comprehensive, and authoritative. It provides a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and educated laymen. Rightly characterized as an age of crisis, the 14th century saw the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the Avignon Papacy, and the Great Schism of the Western Church. All placed great stresses on English society, aggravating old problems and creating new ones. In the late Middle Ages, parliament became an important element in English government; Cambridge and Oxford universities attained European-wide reputations; and general literacy increased. The Church remained a paramount religious, political, and social institution, but its independence and intellectual monopoly slipped. The entries in this book synthesize recent scholarship on these and other historical events. While emphasizing political, religious, constitutional and military topics, the book also provides brief introductions to social, economic, cultural, and intellectual topics. It is a valuable guide for those wishing to understand this complex, tumultuous, and until recently, poorly understood era. 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yLancaster and York, 1399-1485$vDictionaries 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y14th century$vDictionaries 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y13th century$vDictionaries 676 $a942.03 701 $aFritze$b Ronald H.$f1951-$0539858 701 $aRobison$b William Baxter$f1954-$01787015 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965369003321 996 $aHistorical dictionary of late medieval England, 1272-1485$94319620 997 $aUNINA