King and country : England and Wales in the fifteenth century / / Ralph A. Griffiths

• Autore: Griffiths Ralph Alan
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : Hambledon Press, , 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.04
• Soggetto geografico: England Civilization 1066-1485; Great Britain History Lancaster and York, 1399-1485; Wales History 1284-1536
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Selection of essays and papers, published variously in Wales, England, France, and North America between 1964 and 1990"--Introd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Crown and the Royal Family in Later Medieval England -- 2. The King's Court during the Wars of the Roses: Continuities in an Age of Discontinuities -- 3. The English Realm and Dominions and the King's Subjects in the Later Middle Ages -- 4. Wales and the Marches in the Fifteenth Century -- 5. The Sense of Dynasty in the Reign of Henry VI -- 6. Queen Katherine of Valois and a Missing Statute of the Realm -- 7. Henry Tudor: The Training of a King -- 8. Public and Private Bureaucracies in England and Wales in the Fifteenth Century -- 9. Patronage, Politics and the Principality of Wales, 1413-1461 -- 10. William Botiller: A Fifteenth-Century Civil Servant -- 11. Gruffydd ap Nicholas and the Rise of the House of Dinefwr -- 12. Gruffydd ap Nicholas and the Fall of the House of Lancaster -- 13. A Breton Spy in London -- 14. William Wawe and his Gang -- 15. The Trial of Eleanor Cobham: An Episode in the Fall of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester -- 16. The Winchester Session of the 1449 Parliament: A Further Comment -- 17. Richard of York and the Royal Household in Wales, 1449-1450 -- 18. Duke Richard of York's Intentions in 1450 and the Origins of the Wars of the Roses -- 19. The King's Council and the First Protectorate of the Duke of York, 1450-1454 -- 20. Local Rivalries and National Politics: The Percies, the Nevilles and the Duke of Exeter, 1452-1454 -- 21. The Hazards of Civil War: The Mountford Family and the Wars of the Roses -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "King and Countryis a selection of essays and papers from Ralph A. Griffiths, published variously in Wales, England, France and North America between 1964 and 1990. It explores themes in the history of England and Wales in the Fifteenth Centuryand the dominions of the English crown beyond."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Titolo autorizzato: King and country
• ISBN: 1-4725-9895-4; 1-282-02451-5; 9786612024511; 0-8264-3592-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454046303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II