The King, the Crown, and the Duchy of Lancaster: Public Authority and Private Power, 1399-1461

by Helen Castor

2020-11-24 20:44:03

In 1399 Henry Bolingbroke, duke of Lancaster, seized the throne of England to become Henry IV. From 1399, therefore, the Lancastrian kings - unlike their royal predecessors - commanded not only the public authority of the crown, but also the privat... Read more
In 1399 Henry Bolingbroke, duke of Lancaster, seized the throne of England to become Henry IV. From 1399, therefore, the Lancastrian kings - unlike their royal predecessors - commanded not only the public authority of the crown, but also the private power of the Duchy of Lancaster. Untilnow, this has been seen simply as an advantage to the Lancastrian crown, and as an uncontroversial part of the evolution of a ''royal affinity'' during the later middle ages. However, this study makes clear that profound tensions existed between the role of the king and that of his alter ego, theduke of Lancaster. This book examines the complex relationship between the king, the crown and the Duchy of Lancaster at both a national and a local level, focusing particularly on the north midlands and East Anglia and, in so doing, sheds light on the nature and functioning of the late medievalEnglish monarchy. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.98 in
Print pages358
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date August 1, 2000
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198206224
Helen Castor is a medieval historian and a Bye-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her first book, Blood & Roses, a biography of the fifteenth-century Paston family, was longlisted for the Sam...

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