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Tables of Contents for Late Medieval England 1399-1509
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
x
Abbreviations
xi
General editor's preface
xii
Preface
xiv
Acknowledgements
xvii
Introduction: The fifteenth century in history
1
1
The early tradition
1
3
The Whig Interpretation
4
2
Twentieth-century revision
6
4
The sources
10
2
Recent trends
12
7
PART ONE: LANCASTER
The Lancastrian revolution, 1399--1403
19
26
The usurpation of the throne
19
8
Securing control
27
5
Parliament and Wales, 1400--2
32
5
The Percy revolt
37
8
Henry IV, 1403--13
45
24
Continuing crisis, 1403--5
45
6
The parliament of 1406
51
5
Rule by council, 1406--13
56
7
Evaluation
63
6
The reign of Henry V, 1413--22
69
23
The first years, 1413--15
69
7
War in France, 1415--22
76
7
The home front, 1415--22
83
4
Evaluation
87
5
The minority of Henry VI, 1422--37
92
24
Politics, 1422--9
92
5
War, 1422--9
97
2
Politics and war, 1429--37
99
7
The end of the minority
106
2
The conciliar achievement
108
8
The majority of Henry VI, 1437--53
116
25
The king
116
2
From conciliar to personal rule, 1437--43
118
4
Suffolk's regime, 1443--50
122
5
Anglo-French relations, 1444--50
127
3
Crisis and revolt, 1450
130
4
Recovery, 1451--3
134
7
The fall of Henry VI, 1453--61
141
28
York's first protectorate, 1453--5
141
6
St Albans and the second protectorate, 1455--6
147
3
The emergence of Queen Margaret, 1456--9
150
4
Civil war, 1459--61
154
5
Conclusion
159
10
PART TWO: THE REALM
The realm and its peoples
169
35
The realm
169
8
Economic change
177
4
Standards of living
181
2
The decline of serfdom
183
2
Social mobility
185
1
Nobility
186
2
Townspeople and the `middling sort'
188
2
The poor
190
1
Women
191
3
National identity
194
10
The Church and religion
204
28
England and Rome
204
3
The English clergy
207
5
Anticlericalism and heresy
212
4
Chantries and cults
216
3
Superstition and magic
219
3
Lay piety
222
2
Lay participation
224
8
Government and politics
232
35
Monarchy
232
3
Government
235
5
The law
240
3
Court and household
243
2
Bastard feudalism
245
3
Locality
248
3
Patronage and principle
251
2
Popular participation
253
2
Crisis and change
255
2
The recovery of the Royal Authority
257
10
PART THREE: YORK AND TUDOR
The first reign of Edward IV, 1461--71
267
30
Securing the throne, 1461--4
267
5
The new regime
272
3
The king's marriage
275
1
The breach with Warwick
276
6
Warwick's rebellion
282
4
The Readeption
286
2
Edward IV's recovery of the throne
288
9
The second reign of Edward IV, 1471--83
297
27
Re-establishing the Yorkist regime
297
4
The French expedition, 1475
301
4
The fall of Clarence
305
5
The regime, 1478--83
310
5
Foreign affairs, 1478--83
315
3
The end of the reign
318
6
Edward V and Richard III, 1483--5
324
28
The accession of Edward V
324
4
The usurpation of Richard III
328
4
The fate of the Princes in the Tower
332
2
Buckingham's rebellion
334
3
Richard III's government, 1483--5
337
7
Bosworth Field
344
8
The reign of Henry VII, 1485--1509
352
31
Politics and rebellion, 1485--8
352
5
International relations, 1488--93
357
3
Perkin Warbeck
360
5
Henry VII's Kingship
365
8
The last years, 1500--9
373
3
The reign in perspective
376
7
The end of the middle ages
383
20
Henry VIII's England
383
5
The Renaissance
388
4
The Reformation
392
11
Maps
403
3
Further reading
406
5
Bibliography
411
31
Index
442