The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries

Author(s)

• Griffiths, Ralph Alan

Bibliographic Information

The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries

edited by Ralph Griffiths

（The short Oxford history of the British Isles / general editor, Paul Langford）

Oxford University Press, 2003

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780198731412

Description

This book encompasses the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and also considers the relationships between the different parts of the British Isles. Six chapters examine key themes in turn: society and population, economic life, religion, intellectual life and cultural expression, kingdoms and dominions at peace and at war, and kingship and government. Specially commissioned from six leading historians, these chapters provide lively and authoritative coverage of the main developments of the period. Including maps, a chronology, and an introduction and conclusion by Ralph Griffiths to draw together key points, this book provides an integrated and accessible account of these islannds.

Table of Contents

• List of plates
• List of maps and figures
• Map and table section
• Coinages and exchange rates
• List of contributors
• Introduction
• 1. The quality of life
• 2. Ranks of society
• 3. The Church
• 4. Forms of cultural expression
• 5. Kingdoms and dominions at peace and war
• 6. Kingship and government
• Epilogue
• Further Reading
• Chronology
• Glossary
• Map and table section
• Index

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780198731429

Description

This book encompasses the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and also considers the relationships between the different parts of the British Isles. Six chapters examine key themes in turn: society and population, economic life, religion, intellectual and cultural life and cultural expression kingdoms and dominions at peace and at war, and kingship and government. Specially commissioned from six leading historians, these chapters provide lively and authoritative coverage of the main developments of the period. Including maps, a chronology, and an introduction and conclusion by Ralph Griffiths to draw together key points, this book provides an integrated and accessible account of British history in the later Middle Ages.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Population, Social Ranks, and Relationships
• 2. Poverty, Prosperity, and the Rhythms of Economic Life
• 3. The Christian Faith and the Church
• 4. Intellectual Life and Cultural Expression
• 5. Kingdoms and Dominions at Peace and at War
• 6. Kingship and Government
• Epilogue
• Maps
• Chronology
• Further Reading

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Details

• NCID: BA63959250
• ISBN:
  • 0198731426
  • 0198731418
• LCCN: 2003060910
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 280 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA245
  • DC21 : 941.03/7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- 14th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA48342517