Helen Castor

The King, the Crown, and the Duchy of Lancaster

Public Authority and Private Power, 1399-1461

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1399 Henry Bolingbroke, duke of Lancaster, seized the throne of England to become Henry IV. From 1399, therefore, the Lancastrian kings - unlike their royal predecessors - commanded not only the public authority of the crown, but also the private power of the Duchy of Lancaster. Until now, this has been seen simply as an advantage to the Lancastrian crown, and as an uncontroversial part of the evolution of a 'royal affinity' during the later middle ages. However, this study makes clear that profound tensions existed between the role of the king and that of his alter ego, the duke of Lancaster. This book examines the complex relationship between the king, the crown and the Duchy of Lancaster at both a national and a local level, focusing particularly on the north midlands and East Anglia and, in so doing, sheds light on the nature and functioning of the late medieval English monarchy.

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Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI were at the same time kings of England and dukes of Lancaster. This book examines the complex relationship between their public authority and their personal lordship over a private inheritance. In so doing, it sheds new light on late medieval English government at both national and local levels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780198206224
• ISBN-10: 0198206224
• Artikelnr.: 21539196

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I
* 1: Introduction
* 2: The Duchy of Lancaster and the Lancastrian Kings
* i.The Duchy of Lancaster under Henry IV
* ii.The Duchy of Lancaster under Henry V
* iii.The Lancastrian affinity to 1399
* iv.The Duchy of Lancaster under Henry VI
* Part II: The crown, the Duchy of Lancaster, and the rule of the
localities: East Anglia, 1399-1461
* 3: i. Patterns of lordship in East Anglia
* ii. 1300-1430: The establishment of a crown connection
* 4: i. 1430-1437: The rise of the Suffolk's lordship
* ii. 1437-1447: The de la Pole affinity
* iii. 1437-1447: The challenge to Suffolk's lordship
* iv. 1447-1450:The politics of confrontation
* v. East Anglia in the 1440s: the Paston evidence
* 5: 1450-1461: The struggle for control
* Part III: The crown, the Duchy of Lancasterand the rule of the
localities: Derbyshire and Staffordshire, 1399-1461
* 6: i. The Lancastrian affinity in the north midlands to 1399
* ii. 1399-1414:The Lancastrian affinity and the Lancastrian crown
* 7: i. 1414-1422: Political assimilation and royal rule
* ii. 1422-1440: The growth of noble lordship
* 8: 1437-1461: The duke of Buckingham and the rule of the north
midlands
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
* Index