The English System to 1450

About the lecture

In this module, we introduce the English system of government in the late Medieval period, before looking at its breakdown in the years leading up to the Wars of the Roses. In particular, we focus on the war with France and the loss of Normandy, popular unrest in England (including Jack Cade's Rebellion), and the emergence of Richard of York as a prominent supporter of government reform.

About the lecturer

Professor Michael Hicks is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Winchester. a historian of Late medieval England, especially the nobility and the Wars of the Roses, and has written about all the Yorkist kings. Other academic interests are the Late medieval English church, especially chantries, and English regional and local history.