Politics and the urban sector in fifteenth-century England, 1413-1471 / Eliza Hartrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartrich, Eliza, 1987- author.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford historical monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--15th century.

Cities and towns.

Great Britain--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1399-1485.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

New product edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Since the mid-20th century, political histories of late medieval England have focused almost exclusively on the relationship between the Crown and aristocratic landholders. Such studies, however, neglect to consider that England after the Black Death was an urbanising society. Towns not only were the residence of a rising proportion of the population, but were also the stages on which power was asserted and the places where financial and military resources were concentrated. Outside London, however, most English towns were small compared to those found in contemporary Italy or Flanders, and it has been easy for historians to under-estimate their ability to influence English politics. This title offers a new approach for evaluating the role of urban society in late medieval English politics.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 1, 2019).

This edition also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780192582812

019258281X

9780191879975

0191879975

9780192582805

0192582801