Defending English Ground
| Author | : Steven G. Ellis |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199696291 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199696292 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Defending English Ground by : Steven G. Ellis
Download or read book Defending English Ground written by Steven G. Ellis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on two English shires, Meath (Ireland) and Northumberland (England), in a period during which the ruling magnates of these shires, who had hitherto supervised border rule and defense, were mostly unavailable to the crown, leading successive kings to increasingly shift the costs of defense onto the local population.
