The king's towns : identity and survival in late medieval English boroughs. Lorraine Attreed / American university studies / Series 9 / History ; Vol. 197

New York - Washington, DC/Baltimore - Bern - Frankfurt am Main - Berlin - Brussels - Vienna - Oxford : Lang, 2001.,

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ISBN

0820451630

Author

Attreed, Lorraine Christine

Publishers

New York, Washington, DC/Baltimore, Bern, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, Oxford : Lang, 2001.

Size

XV, 359 S. ; 24 cm Pp.

Keyword

England, Stadt, Selbstbestimmung, Geschichte 1377-1509, Geschichte und Historische Hilfswissenschaften

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Languages

German

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First edition

Description

Bestens erhalten, brand new as issued. The King�s Towns is the first book to study the relationship between England�s central government and four royally constituted towns of the provinces from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. This critical time period presented such challenges as the post-plague economy and the Wars of the Roses. The work�s comparative approach permits an in-depth study of such topics as urban violence and commercial activity. Its chronological scope reveals the evolution of monarchical power interfacing with the localities, and sheds light on the debate concerning the �New Monarchy� developing across Europe. This is a study about the search for identity, as civic officials and townspeople learned to live with and exercise their hard-won liberties. The work reveals how medieval towns embodied political philosophies of self-determination as well as ideals of social and economic advancement still recognizable today. ISBN 0820451630