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Article: Late Medieval England, 1399-1509. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Late Medieval England 1399-1509. A.J. Pollard. Longman. [pounds sterling]50.00. 454 pages. ISBN 0-582-03134-6. This latest title in Longman's History of Medieval England is by an historian widely recognised as one of the leading experts in the field. His aim is to 'bring together the product of a good part of half a century's research . . . by many historians'. Our understanding of the 'long' fourteenth century has been radically altered by this new research. The format is the traditional 'king-centred' one; it begins with Henry IV's usurpation of the Throne and ends with the death of Henry VII. If the format is traditional the approach adheres to the 'new learning' ...