Basing her research on a wide range of archival material, Dr. Horrox highlights a crucial feature of royal government in this period--the role of the king's servants. For the years immediately before and during Richard's reign, the book explores fully the practicalities of obedience, the reciprocal nature of service relationships, and the whole structure of late medieval "affinities" or client systems.
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"A well-thought-out and well-organized treatment of certain aspects of Richard III's reign." Choice
"This is an absorbing book...[Dr. Horrox's] command of the source material is circumspect, subtle, authoritative and flawless. This is a masterly work: time, effort, intelligence and skill have gone into its creation and none of these is flaunted." History
"Dr. Horrox's work is already well known to students of the Yorkist period...but in this outstanding new book she has put scholars even deeper in her debt...What she has done...supremely well is to demonstrate the complexity of late Yorkist political society and to point to ways in which it can be illuminated." The Ricardian
"...the best study of Richard III for a generation." The Times Literary Supplement
"This well-produced study is an important contribution to Ricardian scholarship. Using material drawn from a number of local archives, the author uses what is at her disposal with great confidence to present a convincing picture of how power could be acquired, how it was used, and how, ironically, it failed to save Richard." Albion
"...Horrox has made an important addition to our understanding of Richard's reign that casts valuable new light on the structure of government and politics in Yorkist England." Speculum
"This is an absorbing book...[Dr. Horrox's] command of the source material is circumspect, subtle, authoritative and flawless. This is a masterly work: time, effort, intelligence and skill have gone into its creation and none of these is flaunted." History
"Dr. Horrox's work is already well known to students of the Yorkist period...but in this outstanding new book she has put scholars even deeper in her debt...What she has done...supremely well is to demonstrate the complexity of late Yorkist political society and to point to ways in which it can be illuminated." The Ricardian
"...the best study of Richard III for a generation." The Times Literary Supplement
"This well-produced study is an important contribution to Ricardian scholarship. Using material drawn from a number of local archives, the author uses what is at her disposal with great confidence to present a convincing picture of how power could be acquired, how it was used, and how, ironically, it failed to save Richard." Albion
"...Horrox has made an important addition to our understanding of Richard's reign that casts valuable new light on the structure of government and politics in Yorkist England." Speculum
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A detailed study of the role of the king's servants, before and during Richard's reign, explores the practical aspects of obedience, as well as the structure of service relationships and the late medieval client systems.
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This review is from: Richard III: A Study of Service (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) (Paperback)
This intelligent, academic work should be in the collection of anyone who wants to understand the medieval concepts of lordship and service. Richard's reign, especially as "Lord of the North," is used to exemplify many important issues surrounding medieval administration. Highly recommended.
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An excellent study of medieval "affinities." There is much in this work that is new to the study of Richard III, and all that is here is enlightening. Highly recommended for scholars of the period.
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When Richard duke of Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 he did so at the head of the largest noble affinity of its day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
duchy servants, domus providencie, duchy connection, domus magnificencie, ducal retainers, made chief steward, northern retinue, attainted rebels, duchy council, ducal retinue, ducal connection, ducal influence, royal affinity, acknowledged servants, ducal servants, northern servants, duchy lands, chamber finance, made constable, forfeited land, royal backing, royal servants, household men, good lordship, northern connection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Anglia, Cotton Julius, Sir William, John Howard, Black Book, William Berkeley, Sheriff Hutton, Stonor Letters, Stony Stratford, William Herbert, Sir James Tyrell, John Huddleston, John Pilkington, Great Chron, Household Books, Margaret Beaufort, Richard Haute, Richard Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Woodville, Robert Brackenbury, William Stanley, Henry Tudor, John Cheyne, John Paston, New Forest New!
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When Richard duke of Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 he did so at the head of the largest noble affinity of its day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
duchy servants, domus providencie, duchy connection, domus magnificencie, ducal retainers, made chief steward, northern retinue, attainted rebels, duchy council, ducal retinue, ducal connection, ducal influence, royal affinity, acknowledged servants, ducal servants, northern servants, duchy lands, chamber finance, made constable, forfeited land, royal backing, royal servants, household men, good lordship, northern connection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Anglia, Cotton Julius, Sir William, John Howard, Black Book, William Berkeley, Sheriff Hutton, Stonor Letters, Stony Stratford, William Herbert, Sir James Tyrell, John Huddleston, John Pilkington, Great Chron, Household Books, Margaret Beaufort, Richard Haute, Richard Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Woodville, Robert Brackenbury, William Stanley, Henry Tudor, John Cheyne, John Paston, New Forest New!
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- The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling (Oxford World's Classics) by Norman Davis in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Making of the Tudor Dynasty by Ralph A. Griffiths in Back Matter
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- Economy and Nature in the Fourteenth Century: Money, Market Exchange, and the Emergence of Scientific Thought (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Joel Kaye in Index
- Economy and Nature in the Fourteenth Century: Money, Market Exchange, and the Emergence of Scientific Thought (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Joel Kaye in Back Matter
- The Making of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500-700 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Florin Curta in Back Matter
- Philosophy and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Stephen E. Lahey in Back Matter
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