England in the Late Middle Ages

T. F. Tout

• Publisher: Ozymandias Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781531266974
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

When John died, on October 19, 1216, the issue of the war between him and the barons was still doubtful. The arrival of Louis of France, eldest son of King Philip Augustus, had enabled the barons to win back much of the ground lost after John's early triumphs had forced them to call in the foreigner. Beyond the Humber the sturdy north-country barons, who had wrested the Great Charter from John, remained true to their principles, and had also the support of Alexander II., King of Scots. The magnates of the eastern counties were as staunch as the northerners, and the rich and populous southern shires were for the most part in agreement with them. In the west, the barons had the aid of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, the great Prince of North Wales. While ten earls fought for Louis, the royal cause was only upheld by six. The towns were mainly with the rebels, notably London and the Cinque Ports, and cities so distant as Winchester and Lincoln, Worcester and Carlisle. Yet the baronial cause excited little general sympathy. The mass of the population stood aloof, and was impartially maltreated by the rival armies...

Table of contents

• THE REGENCY OF WILLIAM MARSHAL.
• THE RULE OF HUBERT DE BURGH.
• THE ALIEN INVASION.
• POLITICAL RETROGRESSION AND NATIONAL PROGRESS.
• THE BARONS’ WAR.
• THE RULE OF MONTFORT AND THE ROYALIST RESTORATION.
• THE EARLY FOREIGN POLICY AND LEGISLATION OF EDWARD I.
• THE CONQUEST OF NORTH WALES.
• THE SICILIAN AND THE SCOTTISH ARBITRATIONS.
• THE FRENCH AND SCOTTISH WARS AND THE CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARTERS.
• THE SCOTTISH FAILURE.
• GAVESTON, THE ORDAINERS, AND BANNOCKBURN.
• LANCASTER, PEMBROKE, AND THE DESPENSERS.
• THE FALL OF EDWARD II. AND THE RULE OF ISABELLA AND MORTIMER.
• THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR.
• THE EARLY CAMPAIGNS OF THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR.
• FROM THE BLACK DEATH TO THE TREATY OF CALAIS.
• THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR FROM THE TREATY OF CALAIS TO THE TRUCE OF BRUGES.
• ENGLAND DURING THE LATTER YEARS OF EDWARD III.