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The fruits of new research on the politics, society and culture of England in the fourteenth century. The essays collected here engage with many of the most important themes and subjects of the period. In addition to addressing matters of kingship and changing theories of power, they tackle questions concerning loyalty and rebellion at the centre of authority and on its margins; the role of law, both domestic and international; the nature of memory - legal, historical and fabricated; and the relationship between the Plantagenets and the rulers of those nations and territories over which England claimed dominion. In so doing, the collection offers important new insights into political and social developments at times of major turmoil, including Edward I's war with Scotland, the deposition of Edward II, and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, while also exploring the mechanisms used to ensure peace and the smooth-running of a kingdom during a time of immense change. DAVID GREEN is Lecturer in British Studies and History, Harlaxton College; CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON is Professor of Late Medieval History, University of St Andrews. Contributors: James Bothwell, S.W. Dempsey, Matthew Hefferan, Samuel Lane, Cary J. Nederman, W. Mark Ormrod, Bridget Wells-Furby

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Ein überaus lesenswerter Band mit gut dokumentierten Studien zur politischen Geschichte Englands im 14. Jh.! (An exceptionally readable volume with well-documented studies on the political history of 14th-century England.) * DEUTSCHEN ARCHIV *

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BRIDGET WELLS-FURBY is an independent scholar whose research focus is England in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. Her principal interest in the many factors that influenced the creation, growth, and dissolution of landed estates has provoked an eclectic range of published research, covering many aspects of the lives of the English nobility and gentry. MATTHEW HEFFERAN is a Teaching Associate in Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Nottingham. The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

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