The fourteenth century was, for the English, a century which
witnessed dramatic and not always easily explicable changes of
fortune. In 1300, England's population was around seven million,
and Edward I seemed to be on the verge of turning the British Isles
into an English Empire. By 1400, its population was between three
and four million (due mainly to the Black Death), dreams of a
'British' empire had all but crumbled, and instead England had
become embroiled in a war - the Hundred Years' War - which was not
only ultimately disastrous, but which also established the French
as the 'national enemy' for many centuries to come. In addition,
despite the fact that before 1300 no reigning English monarch had
ever been deposed, by 1400 two had: Edward II in 1327, and Richard
II in 1399. Sandwiched between these two turbulent reigns, however,
came that of Edward III, one of the most successful, both
politically and militarily, in English history. It is against the
background of these remarkable fluctuations that the articles in
this volume, the second in the Fourteenth Century England series,
have been written. The range of subjects which they cover is wide:
from princely education to popular heresy, from national propaganda
to the familial and territorial power politics which occasioned the
downfall of kings. Taken together, they reinforce the view that,
whether viewed as calamitous or heroic, the fourteenth century was
never less than interesting.CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON is Professor of Late
Medieval History, University of St Andrews. Contributors: MARTIN
ALLEN, JOHN ARNOLD, PAULETTE BARTON, TOM BEAUMONT-JAMES, ALASTAIR
DUNN, JEFFREY HAMILTON, JILL C. HAVENS, ANDY KING, CARLA LORD,
SHELAGHMITCHELL, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, ARND REITMEIER, NIGEL SAUL.
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