The Politics of Magnate Power England and Wales 1389-1413 [Hardcover]

Using hitherto neglected sources, this work offers a dramatic reinterpretation of the Lancastrian revolution, and the establishment of Henry IV's kingship. It is also the first work for thirty years to re-examine the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV together, charting the shifting balance of power between the crown and the nobility across the turn of the fifteenth century.

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Introduction
1. The Legal Framework
2. Crown and Higher Nobility in Late Fourteenth-Century England
3. The English Magnates and the 'Tyranny' of Richard II 1397-1399
4. Revolution and Rebellion 1399-1400
5. Magnate Rebellion and the Lancastrian Crown 1403-1413
6. Inheritance, Service, and Reward: John Montagu, Thomas Despenser, and William Lescrope 1390-1399
7. The Administration of Confiscated Estates under Richard II's Tyranny
Conclusion: The Politics of Magnatial Power
Appendixes
Bibliography