Sir John Fortescue and the Governance of England / Margaret Kekewich.
2018
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Title
Sir John Fortescue and the Governance of England / Margaret Kekewich.
Imprint
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell and Brewer, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Description
1 online resource (391 p.) : 16 b/w, 2 line illus
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Editorial Note
Chronology
Genealogies
Introduction
Part I: LIFE
1 c.1395-1442
2 1442-1461
3 1461-c.1479
Part II: WORKS
4 The Apologist for Lancaster
5 The Adviser to Princes
6 The Reception and Influence of Sir John Fortescue's Works
Conclusion
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Of the Title of Edward Earl of March (De Titulo Edwardi Comitis Marchie)
Appendix 2 The Declaration upon certain writings late sent out of Scotland
Appendix 3 Surviving Manuscripts of Sir John Fortescue's Works
Appendix 4 Works Referred to by Sir John Fortescue
Appendix 5 Modern English-Language Editions Containing Works by Sir John Fortescue
Bibliography
Index
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Editorial Note
Chronology
Genealogies
Introduction
Part I: LIFE
1 c.1395-1442
2 1442-1461
3 1461-c.1479
Part II: WORKS
4 The Apologist for Lancaster
5 The Adviser to Princes
6 The Reception and Influence of Sir John Fortescue's Works
Conclusion
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Of the Title of Edward Earl of March (De Titulo Edwardi Comitis Marchie)
Appendix 2 The Declaration upon certain writings late sent out of Scotland
Appendix 3 Surviving Manuscripts of Sir John Fortescue's Works
Appendix 4 Works Referred to by Sir John Fortescue
Appendix 5 Modern English-Language Editions Containing Works by Sir John Fortescue
Bibliography
Index
Summary
The first comprehensive biography of arguably the most important political thinker of fifteenth-century England.Sir John Fortescue was arguably the most important political thinker of fifteenth-century England. Rising from relative obscurity to become Chief Justice of the King's Bench he progressively assumed a political role as a partisanof the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. As Chancellor-in-exile to Henry VI he wrote on the lawful succession and in praise of the common law of England. Ultimately making his peace with the Yorkists in 1471, he presented Edward IV with The Governance of England, a treatise that set the tone for debates about the extent of royal and parliamentary power for centuries to come. Demonstrating how England's traditional laws, customs and parliament could ensure that monarchs safeguarded the rights and property of their subjects, his views on these institutions continue to resonate with contemporary debates about England's relationship with Europe and the definition of national identity. This book provides the first comprehensive biography of Fortescue. It reassesses his career and thought, challenging earlier views about his life, and discusses his work as a lawyer and political thinkerin the light of modern scholarship. MARGARET KEKEWICH is a former Senior Lecturer in History at the Open University.
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In English.
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ISBN
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