Publisher Description

With a sharp focus on high politics, this is a cohesive and exemplary collection of rewarding scholarship. HISTORY The studies in this book add colour and depth to the reign of one of the most important and fascinating of late medieval kings. New research addresses received ideas about Edward III's kingship, including the way he came to power and how he kept it; his use of nobility and sergeants-at-arms (his political and military elite); his preoccupation with justice; military campaigns in the Hundred Years War; and the propaganda and packaging of his rule, both in terms of his English throne and his claims to France. The collection is drawn together in a critical introduction written by Chris Given-Wilson and Michael Prestwich. Contributors include CAROLINE SHENTON, JAMES BOTHWELL, DAVID GREEN, ANTHONY MUSSON, RICHARD PARTINGTON, ANDREW AYTON, W.M. ORMROD, CRAIG TAYLOR, A.K. McHARDY, CLIFFORD J. ROGERS and MICHAEL BENNETT. 1327-1377

Author Biography

CAROLINE SHENTON was formerly Director of the Parliamentary Archives, UK. CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy and founding director of the West Point Digital History Centre. His many books and articles on medieval warfare have been recognized with awards from the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize to the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award and Moncado Prize, as well as two Verbruggen Prizes and the Bachrach Medal from De Re Militari. His recent work has focused on early gunpowder and gunpowder artillery. The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

Table of Contents

Introduction (with Anthony Goodman and Michael Prestwich) -Introduction (with Chris Given-Wilson and Michael Prestwich) -Introduction (with Chris Given-Wilson and Anthony Goodman) -Edward III and the Coup of 1330 - Caroline ShentonEdward III, The English Peerage and the 1337 Earls: Estate Redistribution in Fourteenth-Century England - James BothwellPolitics and Service with Edward the Black Prince - David GreenSecond 'English Justinian' or Pragmatic Opportunist? A Re- Examination of the Legal Legislation of Edward III's Reign - Anthony MussonEdward III's Enforcers: The King's Sergeants-at-Arms in the Localities -Sir Thomas Ughtred and the Edwardian Military Revolution - Andrew AytonA Problem of Precedence: Edward III, the Double Monarchy, and the Royal Style - W. Mark OrmrodSir Thomas Dagworth in Brittany, 1346-7: Restellou and La Roche Derrien - Clifford J. RogersEdward III and the Plantagenet Claim to the French Throne - Craig D TaylorSome Reflections on Edward III's Use of Propaganda -Isabelle of France, Anglo-French Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange in the Late 1350s -

Review

As is often the case in collections of this type, a superior volume is one that is more than simply the sum of its parts. This collection meets that condition. * JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY *
The eleven essays approach the reign from directions new and old [but] reinforce the current picture of a style of kingship that was vigorous, often inventive, invariably shrewd, and remarkably sensitive to the need to win public support for demanding and expensive policies... A notable addition to the literature. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
With a sharp focus on high politics, this is a cohesive and exemplary collection of rewarding scholarship. * HISTORY *
Welcome volume... a small group of leading scholars...complement and reinforce each other providing greater overall depth to the individual studies. * ALBION *

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As is often the case in collections of this type, a superior volume is one that is more than simply the sum of its parts. This collection meets that condition. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY The eleven essays approach the reign from directions new and old [but] reinforce the current picture of a style of kingship that was vigorous, often inventive, invariably shrewd, and remarkably sensitive to the need to win public support for demanding and expensive policies... A notable addition to the literature. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW With a sharp focus on high politics, this is a cohesive and exemplary collection of rewarding scholarship. HISTORY Welcome volume... a small group of leading scholars...complement and reinforce each other providing greater overall depth to the individual studies. ALBION

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As is often the case in collections of this type, a superior volume is one that is more than simply the sum of its parts. This collection meets that condition. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY The eleven essays approach the reign from directions new and old [but] reinforce the current picture of a style of kingship that was vigorous, often inventive, invariably shrewd, and remarkably sensitive to the need to win public support for demanding and expensive policies... A notable addition to the literature. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW With a sharp focus on high politics, this is a cohesive and exemplary collection of rewarding scholarship. HISTORY Welcome volume... a small group of leading scholars...complement and reinforce each other providing greater overall depth to the individual studies. ALBION

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