The Trinity Gild of Coventry and the Royal Affinity, 1392-1413

Authors

Douglas Biggs, Waldorf College

Publication Date

1995

Keywords

late-medieval monarchy, gentry

Abstract

Perhaps the principal difficulty that all late-medieval monarchs faced centered on the process by which royal wishes and needs were transformed into governmental reality in local communities throughout the kingdom. This process, long ignored by historians, has in the past forty years received increasing attention. Most of this attention, following K. B. McFarlane's "Bastard Feudal" construct, has focused on personal relationships between the king or a magnate and local gentry.

Recommended Citation

Biggs, Douglas (1995) "The Trinity Gild of Coventry and the Royal Affinity, 1392-1413," Quidditas: Vol. 16, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rmmra/vol16/iss1/6