Politics and the Urban Sector in Fifteenth-Century England, 1413-1471

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: A Basic Framework for the English Urban Sector


• 2: The Crown and Urban Corporations, c. 1413-1435


• 3: Mercantile Politics and the Ascendancy of Networks, c. 1435-50


• 4: The Urban Sector and the Beginning of the Wars of the Roses, 1450-61


• 5: Edward IV, the Earl of Warwick, and a Changing Urban Sector, 1461-71


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Eliza Hartrich joined the University of East Anglia in 2019 as a Lecturer in Late Medieval History. Prior to that, she was a Scouloudi Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, a Fellow-by-Examination (JRF) at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a lecturer at the University of Sheffield. She has published widely on urban history in late medieval England, with a particular focus on urban networks, rebellion, and councils. Her work has appeared in publications such as the English Historical Review and Proceedings of the British Academy. Her current project addresses the role of urban networks in the medieval 'English empire' in Ireland, Wales, and France.

Summary

The politics of fifteenth-century England have been studied traditionally by examining the relationships between the king, nobility, and gentry. This study argues that English towns-though quite small individually-formed a collective 'urban sector' that had a significant influence on the language, policies, and events in English 'high politics'.

Product details

• Authors: Eliza Hartrich, Eliza (Lecturer in Late Medieval History Hartrich
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2019
• EAN: 9780198844426
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884442-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Archaeology, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE