The Reign of Edward III: Crown and Political Society in England, 1327-1377
- Author / Editor
- Ormrod, W. M.
The Reign of Edward III: Crown and Political Society in England, 1327-1377
- Published
- New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990.
- Physical Description
- xiii, 280 pp.
- Description
- Analyzes the contribution of Edward III to England's growth as a nation, emphasizing such institutional changes as the development of the Commons in Parliament, the emergence of a systematic exchequer, and the commissioning of justices of the peace. Edward's abilities for gaining consensus enabled him to maintain traditional power and to withstand the forces of the aristocracy and rising bastard feudalism.
- Such domestic accomplishments balance the international strains of the Hundred Years' War.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.