The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham: 1394-1521

by Carole Rawcliffe

As one of the richest and most powerful land-owning families in later medieval England, the Staffords played their leading part in the politics of their time. This book traces the often complex relations between the three Stafford Dukes of Buckingham and the Crown. In doing so it casts light upon the attitude of successive English kings towards the nobility as a whole, and reassessed the political and military strength of the ruling class. The Staffords...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521089719
• ISBN13: 9780521089715
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"