Steven G Ellis

Defending English Ground

War and Peace in Meath and Northumberland, 1460-1542

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199696291
• ISBN-10: 0199696292
• Artikelnr.: 47866725

Autorenporträt

Steven G. Ellis studied at Manchester University, Queen's University, Belfast, and the National University of Ireland. He has been Professor of History at NUI Galway since 1991. He teaches mainly British and Irish history, 1300-1700. His current research interests focus on British state formation, regions, and frontier societies

Inhaltsangabe

* Note on coinage and dates
* List of maps
* List of abbreviations
* Foreward
* Introduction: English military frontiers and regions in Renaissance
times
* 1: Region and frontier in the English state: the English far north
and the English Pale in Ireland
* 2: Border defence and the character of the marches
* 3: A crisis of lordship: Yorkist Meath and Northumberland
* 4: Ruling the marches: county communities in frontier societies
* 5: 'Keeping the border': the readeption of early Tudor Meath
* 6: 'The decay of the borders': early Tudor Northumberland
* Conclusion: Defending English ground in early Tudor times
* Appendices
* Bibliography
* Index