| Reviews |
| - 'Professor Griffiths's contributors, an exceptionally able and well-matched team, offer excellent summations of developments over a number of areas - the church, social structures, standards of living, cultural expression, war and politics.' - History
- '... this is a lively and stimulating collection. There is evidence here of the continued vigour which characterizes the study of this still puzzling period.' - History
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| Description | | - Offers an integrated geographical coverage of the whole of the British Isles and Ireland - rather than purely English history
- Sets important events such as the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses in their wider historical context
- Broad thematic coverage encompasses religion,society, intellectual and cultural history alongside the political narrative
- Lively and accessible chapters written by an international team of leading historians
| This book encompasses the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and also considers the relationships between the different parts of the British Isles. Six chapters examine key themes in turn: society and population, economic life, religion, intellectual life and cultural expression, kingdoms and dominions at peace and at war, and kingship and government. Specially commissioned
from six leading historians, these chapters provide lively and authoritative coverage of the main developments of the period. Including maps, a chronology, and an introduction and conclusion by Ralph Griffiths to draw together key points, this book provides an integrated and accessible account of these islannds.
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Readership: Students of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century British history, and the general reader with an interest in the medieval British History. Also students of English literature interested in the historical context of such writers as Chaucer.
| Contents |
Introduction
,
Ralph Griffiths
1.
Population, social ranks, and relationships
,
Philip Morgan
2.
Poverty, prosperity, and the rhythms of economic life
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Gervase Rosser
3.
The Christian faith and the Church
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Richard Davies
4.
Intellectual life and cultural expression
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Michael Bennet
5.
Kingdoms and dominions at peace and at war
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Robin Frame
6.
Kingship and government
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Alexander Grant
Conclusion
,
Ralph Griffiths
Maps
Chronology
Further Reading
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Ralph Griffiths, Professor of Medieval History, University of Wales, Swansea
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