Drake Cornwall, Connectivity and Identity in the Fourteenth Century

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78744-698-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten

The links between Cornwall, a county frequently considered remote and separate in the Middle Ages, and the wider realm of England are newly discussed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drake, Samuel J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: a Little Understood Land
The Very Ends of the Earth: an Overview of Fourteenth-Century Cornwall
Office-Holding in a Wild Spot
Since the Time of King Arthur: Gentry Identity and the Commonalty of Cornwall
An Extraordinary Folk: the Cornish People
The Final Tumultuous Years of the Earldom, 1300-1336
The Black Prince and his Duchy, 1337-1376
Richard of Bordeaux: Duke of Cornwall and King of England, 1376-1399
Sovereign Kings and Loyal Subjects: Regnal Connectivity
Pillagers with Long Knives: Military Connectivity
Formidable Lords and True Tenants: Lordly Connectivity
Gold, Tin, and Terrible Ale: Commercial Connectivity
Lawless Judges and Litigious Cornishmen: Legal Connectivity
God and Cornwall: Ecclesiastical Connectivity
Of Shipmen, Smugglers, and Pirates: Maritime Connectivity
Connecting Cornwall
Conclusion: Cornish Otherness and English Hegemony?
Epilogue: Contesting Cornwall
Appendix I. Cornwall's Office-holders, c. 1300-c. 1400
Appendix II. Cornish Men-at-Arms and Mounted Archers who Served the King between c. 1298 and c. 1415
Appendix III. Cornish Ports that Sent Ships to Royal Fleets between c. 1297 and c. 1420
Bibliography