Politics and Power in England 1450 1509

This introduction to the study of later medieval England is both a survey of changing historical judgements and a fresh and independent interpretation of political realities in the period 1450 to 1509. The author first examines the historiographical background. He shows how intensive research in neglected archives has undermined the picture of 'a worn-out, helpless age' which discouraged historians after Stubbs. The most fundamental revision of opinion concerns the political relationship and roles of crown and nobility, and this the book's central theme.. London, Edward Arnold 1976, cm.15,5x23,2, pp.(4),68, br., cop.fig. a 2 col. (cop. ingiallita, altrimenti ottimo esemplare.) First edition.