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

First edition.

9780191879975 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

English

1 online resource.

DA245

942.04

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.

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.

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