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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      13 November 1997
      ISBN:
      9781139163583
      9780521268004
      9780521318747
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139163583
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.535kg, 312 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.44kg, 312 Pages
      • Subjects:
      European History 1000-1450, British History after 1450, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
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    Subjects:
    European History 1000-1450, British History after 1450, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
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    This is a new interpretation of English politics during the extended period beginning with the majority of Henry VI in c. 1437 up to the accession of Henry VII in 1509. The later fifteenth century in England is a somewhat baffling and apparently incoherent period which historians and history students have found consistently difficult to handle. The large-scale 'revisionism' inspired by the classic work of K. B. McFarlane led to the first real work on politics, both national and local, but has left the period in a disjointed state: much material has been unearthed, but without any real sense of direction or coherence. This book places the events of the century within a clearly delineated framework of constitutional structures, practices and expectations, in an attempt to show the meaning of the apparently frenetic and purposeless political events which occurred within that framework - and which sometimes breached it. At the same time it takes cognisance of all the work that has been done on the period, including recent and innovative work on Henry VI.

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    ‘… this is a very important book which challenges many of the orthodoxies prevalent in late-medieval studies. By building on recent research, it brings important new ideas to a wider audience and skilfully combines an understanding of both the national and local dimensions of politics. It will doubtless set the agenda for future research for some years to come.’

    Source: The Ricardian

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