The King, the Crown, and the Duchy of Lancaster: Public Authority and Private Power, 1399-1461

ISBN-13: 9780198206224 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 360 str.

Helen Castor

Opis

Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI were at the same time kings of England and dukes of Lancaster. This book examines the complex relationship between their public authority and their personal lordship over a private inheritance. In so doing, it sheds new light on late medieval English government at both national and local levels.

Recenzje

Lucid and scholarly monograh ... the thoroughness of her research and the balanced nature of her judgements carry considerable conviction. Castor's book will require historians of the period to clarify their thinking about the nature of royal authority and the expectations of local society.