The Pelican History of England, Volume 4Penguin Books, 1953 - Great Britain |
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Abbey administration anti-clerical aristocratic baronial Beaufort became began Bishop Black Death Cambridge chantries Chapel claim clergy clerical College Council courts Crown Duke E. F. Jacob Earl early Tudors ecclesiastical economic Edward Edward III Edward IV English especially estates example Exchequer favour fifteen-thirties fifteenth century Flemish fourteenth century France French friars Gascony gentry gilds Gloucester Gothic Hanseatic League Henry VII Henry's houses important increasing increasingly influence John jurisdiction justice king king's knights labour Lancaster Lancastrian land Lollards London lords magnates manorial ment merchants Middle Ages middle classes miracle plays monarchy monasteries monks Oxford papal Parliament peasants period political pope popular Reformation reign religious Renaissance revival Richard Richard II royal authority scholasticism Scottish social statutes suppress tenants thirteenth century Thomas throne towns trade tradition usually VIII villeins Wales Warwick wealth Winchester wool Yorkists Yorkists and early