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Focuses on two English shires, Meath (Ireland) and Northumberland (England), in a period during which the ruling magnates of these shires, who had hitherto supervised border rule and defense, were mostly unavailable to the crown, leading successive kings to increasingly shift th…
A key duty of the Renaissance monarchy was the defence of its subjects. This volume looks at what happened when the crown had to rely on local landowners for defence and border rule in the shires of Meath and Northumberland, and the differences in outcome between the two areas. …
Focuses on two English shires, Meath (Ireland) and Northumberland (England), in a period during which the ruling magnates of these shires, who had hitherto supervised border rule and defense, were mostly unavailable to the crown, leading successive kings to increasingly shift th…
A key duty of the Renaissance monarchy was the defence of its subjects. This volume looks at what happened when the crown had to rely on local landowners for defence and border rule in the shires of Meath and Northumberland, and the differences in outcome between the two areas. …
Challenges the argument that the English Pale was contracting during the early Tudor period.
Challenges the argument that the English Pale was contracting during the early Tudor period.
"The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was a much far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts, reversal, familial bonds and enmity, the study of which…
"The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was a much far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts, reversal, familial bonds and enmity, the study of which…
Steven Ellis provides a history of the British Isles from 1450-1660, a period which ended with the acts of British Union and the restoration of the monarchy