In the last decades of the thirteenth century the British Isles
appeared to be on the point of unified rule, dominated by the
lordship, law and language of the English. However by 1400 Britain
and Ireland were divided between the warring kings of England and
Scotland, and peoples still starkly defined by race and nation. Why
did the apparent trends towards a single royal ruler, a single
elite and a common Anglicised world stop so abruptly after 1300?
And what did the resulting pattern of distinct nations and
extensive borderlands contribute to the longer-term history of the
British Isles? In this innovative analysis of a critical period in
the history of the British Isles, Michael Brown addresses these
fundamental questions and shows how the national identities
underlying the British state today are a continuous legacy of these
years. Using a chronological structure to guide the reader through
the key periods of the era, this book also identifies and analyses
the following dominant themes throughout: - the changing nature of
kingship and sovereignty and their links to wars of conquest -
developing ideas of community and identity - key shifts in the
nature of aristocratic societies across the isles - the European
context, particularly the roots and course of the Hundred Years War
This is essential reading for undergraduates studying the history
of late Medieval Britain or Europe, but will also be of great
interest for anyone who wishes to understand the continuing legacy
of the late medieval period in Britain.
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