List of maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1. Economy, Society
and Government: The north-east in the fifteenth century; The
regional economy before 1450; Landed society; Service: good
lordship and retaining; Local government and administration; Lay
piety: religious practice and belief; Gentility: the chase and
chivalry; Part 2. War and Politics: Anglo-Scottish relations
1448-1485; Neville against Percy 1450-1455; Feud and civil war
1455-1461; The Neville
ascendancy 1461-1471; The hegemony of Richard of Gloucester
1471-1483; The reign of Richard III 1483-1485; The triumph of Henry
VII 1485-1502; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
`a definitive history of the north east and its inhabitants during
the Wars of the Roses ... splendid book ... while displaying a
formidable scholarship throughout, he never ceases to be both
readable and thought-provoking ... Such a bald and incomplete
summary as that provided in these few paragraphs can in no way do
justice either to A.J. Pollard's powerful thesis or his magnificent
scholarship. '
Keith Dockray, The Ricardian, December 1991
`This is a wide-ranging survey ... the book works well as a
regional study - itself a novel concept - and provides a great deal
of interesting information, particularly on religious attitudes,
the influence of the Border and the impact of agragrian
crisis.'
Medium Aevum
`With the upsurge of interest in medieval regional history there
will be warm welcome for Dr Pollard's massive survey of lay
society, war and politics between 1450 and 1500. Dr Pollard's book
... is interesting, readable and important; it cries out for
companion volumes on Northumberland and the Borders, not to mention
the rest of Yorkshire, and who but Dr Pollard should undertake the
task?'
G.C.F. Forster, University of Leeds, History, October 1992
`important regional study ... Dr Pollard makes telling use of the
topography and local archives which he knows so well. At last
County Durham receives proper treatment! There are good detailed
discussions of local agriculture, the patronage of churches,
younger sons, the chase, and the northerners' own response to their
plantation by Richard III in the south. Local government is treated
fully yet succinctly. There are valuabele new perspectives on
the
formative role of Anglo-Scottish rellations, the start of the
Percy-Neville feud ... a major contribution to our historical
understanding.'
M.A. Hicks, King Alfred's College, Winchester, Northern History,
Vol. XXVIII
'an inspiring enterprise ... Dr Pollard has produced a wide-ranging
survey of the society and politics of the north-eastern counties,
over a fifty-year period in which, he argues, the area exercised a
major influence over national affairs.'
J.L. Watts, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, EHR Jun '94
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