HIST-211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Wishful Thinking
22 Sep 2019
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King henry iv"s reign, claim to the throne, and the reign of henry v: henry"s supporters stuck by his side because richard was acting above the law on noble rights. They didn"t think he was going to claim the throne of england. The very first noble family to fall out of favor with him was the first to fall out with him; the. Percy family: for some extended times, the percy and douglas family fought it out to push the borders. In 1401, hotspur captured the 4th earl of douglas and led him back into england. He was kept in prisoner and offered to ransom him. According to how things worked in england, hotspur should have turned him over to the king. Any major nobleman captured in battle was to be ransomed to the english crown, not to the nobleman who did it.
