The Fourteenth Century 1307-1399 (Oxford History of England)

May McKisack

ISBN 10: 0198217129 / ISBN 13: 9780198217121

Edité par OUP Oxford, 1963

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1997reprint of First Ed'n.Large 8vo. Dk blue/black cloth gilt lettered spine. pps xx,598, with folded Plantagenet family tree at rear. Sl. scuff mark on fore edge o/w near fine in similar wrapper.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Fourteenth Century 1307-1399 (Oxford History of England)
• Éditeur: OUP Oxford
• Date de parution: 1963
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0198217129
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780198217121
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The fourteenth century in England was a turbulent, complex age: two of the century's monarchs were murdered by rivals, nearly half the population of England was wiped out by the Black Death and the Great Famine, and many more died in conflict with Scotland and in The Hundred Years War against France. During this time, the Great Schism divided the church which led to the establishment of the papacy in Avignon and an unpopular poll-tax provided the spark which ignited the Peasants' Revolt. Yet it was also a period of developments in parliamentary, administrative, and legal system, and one which witnessed the development of English literature, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.