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Aspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined. The
reign of Richard II is well known for its political turmoil as well
as its literary and artistic innovations, all areas explored by
Professor Nigel Saul during his distinguished career. The present
volume interrogates many familiar literary and narrative sources,
including works by Froissart, Gower, Chaucer, Clanvow, and the
Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum, along with those less
well-known, such as coroner's inquests and gaol delivery
proceedings. The reign is also notorious for its larger than life
personalities - not least Richard himself. But how was he shaped by
other personalities? A prosopographical study of Richard's bishops,
a comparison of the literary biographies of his father the Black
Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, and a reconsideration of
Plantagenet family politics, all shed light on this question.
Meanwhile, Richard II's tomb reflects his desire to shape a new
vision of kingship. Commemoration more broadly was changing in the
late fourteenth century, and this volume includes several studies
of both individual and communal memorials of various types that
illustrate this trend: again, appropriately for an area Professor
Saul has made his own. Contributors: Mark Arvanigian, Caroline
Barron, Michael Bennett, Jerome Bertram, David Carpenter, Chris
Given-Wilson, Jill Havens, Claire Kennan, Hannes Kleineke, John
Leland, Joel Rosenthal, Christian Steer, George Stow, Jenny
Stratford, Kelcey Wilson-Lee.
This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new
trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW For
four decades, Michael Hicks has been a figure central to the study
of fifteenth-century England. His scholarly output is remarkable
both for its sheer bulk and for the diversity of the fields it
covers. This extraordinary breadth is reflected by the variety of
subjects covered by the papers in the present volume, offered to
Professor Hicks by friends, colleagues and former students to mark
his retirement from the University of Winchester. Fifteenth-century
royalty, nobility and gentry, long at the heart of his own work,
naturally take centre stage, but his contribution to economic and
regional history, both in the early part of his career as a
research fellow at the Victoria County History and more recently as
director of a succession of major research projects, is also
reflected in the essays presented here. The individual
contributions are populated by some of the major characters of
Yorkist England, many of them made household names by Professor
Hicks's own writings - King Edward IV and his mistresses; the
Neville earls of Warwick and Salisbury; the Stafford, Herbert,
Percy, Tiptoft and de Vere earls of Devon, Pembroke,Northumberland,
Worcester and Oxford - while the themes covered span the full
panoply of medieval life: from treason to trade, warfare to
widowhood and lordship to law enforcement. Equally broad is the
papers' geographical spread,covering regions from Catalonia to
Normandy, from Hampshire to Yorkshire and from Worcestershire and
the Welsh marches to East Anglia. Contributors: Anne Curry,
Christopher Dyer, Peter Fleming, Ralph Griffiths, JohnHare,
Winifred Harwood, Matthew Holford, Hannes Kleineke, Gordon
McKelvie, Mark Page, Simon Payling, A.J. Pollard, James Ross, Karen
Stoeber, Anne F. Sutton
Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety
of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration,
ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and
authority. Medieval culture was intensely visual. Although this has
long been recognised by art historians and by enthusiasts for
particular media, there has been little attempt to study social
display as a subject in its own right. And yet,display takes us
directly into the values, aspirations and, indeed, anxieties of
past societies. In this illustrated volume a group of experts
address a series of interrelated themes around the issue of display
and do so in a waywhich avoids jargon and overly technical
language. Among the themes are family and lineage, social
distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the
expression of power and authority. The media include monumental
effigies, brasses, stained glass, rolls of arms, manuscripts,
jewels, plate, seals and coins. Contributors: MAURICE KEEN, DAVID
CROUCH, PETER COSS, CAROLINE SHENTON, ADRIAN AILES, FREDERIQUE
LACHAUD, MARIAN CAMPBELL, BRIAN and MOIRA GITTOS, NIGEL SAUL, FIONN
PILBROW, CAROLINE BARRON and JOHN WATTS.
This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new
trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
Linda S. Clark is a distinguished scholar of fifteenth-century
England, best known for her important contribution to the study of
the late medieval English parliament. She has served as general
editor of The Fifteenth Century since 2003. This special volume in
the series marks her four decades of work for the History of
Parliament Trust. As is appropriate, its essays focus above all on
Parliament and the personalities that served in its chambers, but
they also illuminate a wider range of themes that have long
concerned students of the later middle ages, including the
lawlessness of the gentry and nobility, the acquisition and
management of their estates, and their self-expression in pageantry
and legend. Other social groups, ranging from the mercantile elite
of the city of London and their Italian trading partners to
England's common soldiers, also make an appearance. Several of the
papers collectedhere have a geographical focus in London and East
Anglia, but other regions are also represented. The collection thus
pays tribute to the breadth of Dr Clark's contribution to the
field, both in her own writing, and in her long-standing commitment
to facilitate the publication of the original research of others.
Contributors: A.J. Pollard, Simon Payling, Charles Moreton, Colin
Richmond, J.L. Bolton, James Ross, Carole Rawcliffe, Elizabeth
Danbury, Matthew Davies, Hannes Kleineke, David Grummitt, Caroline
M. Barron
Eight studies of aspects of C15 England, united by a common focus
on the role of ideas in political developments of the time. The
concept of "political culture" has become very fashionable in the
last thirty years, but only recently has it been consciously taken
up by practitioners of late-medieval English history, who have
argued for the need to acknowledge the role of ideas in politics.
While this work has focused on elite political culture, interest in
the subject has been growing among historians of towns and
villages, especially as they have begun to recognise the importance
of both internal politics and national government in the affairs of
townsmen and peasants. This volume, the product of a conference on
political culture in the late middle ages, explores the subject
from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of spheres. It is
hoped that it will put the subject firmly on the map for the study
of late-medieval England and lead to further exploration of
political culture in this period. Contributors CAROLINE BARRON,
ALAN CROMARTIE, CHRISTOPHER DYER, MAURICE KEEN, MIRI RUBIN,
BENJAMIN THOMPSON, JOHN WATTS, JENNY WORMALD. LINDA CLARK is
editor, History of Parliament; CHRISTINE CARPENTER is Reader in
History, University ofCambridge.
Edition and translation of a copy of a vastly significant document
for our understanding of fourteenth-century England, long believed
lost. In the summer of 1376 a spirit of reform was abroad in the
city of London. A number of measures were taken to make those who
were elected to govern the city more responsible to its citizens as
a whole. A committee was set up to examine the ordinances at the
Guildhall and present to the Commonalty those that were
"profitables" and those that were not. Two years later, the
committee produced a volume known officially as the Liber de
Ordinancionibus, but popularly as "The Jubilee book", because it
had been initiated in the jubilee year of Edward III's reign. But
the reforming measures introduced in the book caused so many
controversies and disputes that eventually, in a bid to restore
order in the city, in March 1387 the "Jubilee Book" was taken
outside the Guildhall and publicly burnt. Historians have long
debated the possible contents of this contentious but hugely
significant volume, widely believed to be lost. However, recently a
fifteenth-century copy of the "Jubilee Book", possibly of an
earlier draft put together in the course of the two years, but
superseded by the final version, was discovered in a manuscript
held at Trinity College Cambridge (Ms O.3.11).
Essays reflecting the interests and scholarship of one of our most
important and influential historians. For almost four decades
Carole Rawcliffe has been a towering figure among historians of the
later Middle Ages. Although now best known for her pioneering
contributions to medical history, including major studies of
hospitals, leprosy and public health, her published works range far
more broadly to encompass among other subjects the English
nobility, Members of Parliament, the regional history of East
Anglia and myriad aspects of political and social interaction. The
essays collected in this festschrift, written by a selection of her
colleagues, friends and former students, cover a wide spectrum of
themes and introduce such diverse characters as an estranged queen,
a bankrupt aristocrat, a female apothecary, a flute-playing Turkish
doctor and a medieval "Dad's Army" conscripted to defend England's
coasts. Linda Clark is Editor of the 1422-1504 section of the
History of Parliament; Elizabeth Danbury is an Honorary Senior
Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of
Advanced Study, University of London, and Honorary Research Fellow
at the Department of Information Studies, University College
London. Contributors: Jean Agnew, John Alban, Brian Ayers, Caroline
Barron, Christopher Bonfield, Carole Hill, Peregrine Horden, Hannes
Kleineke, Nicholas Vincent.
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The Wilton Diptych (Hardcover)
Dillian Gordon; Contributions by Ashok Roy, Martin Wyld, Caroline M. Barron
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The Wilton Diptych is a comprehensive account of one of England's
greatest surviving medieval treasures, now in the collection of The
National Gallery, London. The painting depicts King Richard II
(1367-1400) being presented to the Virgin Mary and Christ by John
the Baptist and two English Kings, revered as saints. The brilliant
color and lavish use of gold give it the appearance of a luxury
object, yet its primary function was religious, as an altarpiece
for the king's private devotions. The author analyzes the
iconography, historical context, style, materials, and techniques
used to create this precious work, and discusses the likely
identity of the artist and the possible evidence that this picture
was known to and referenced by William Shakespeare in his play
Richard II. Further study of the intricate detail, varied
techniques, and decorative effects shows connections to French
metalwork and manuscript illumination, while newly commissioned
photography reveals exquisite details unseen by the naked eye.
Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale
University Press
This is the first full account of the evolution of the government
of London from the tempestuous days of the Commune in the late
twelfth century to the calmer waters of Tudor England. Caroline
Barron shows how the elected rulers of London developed ways of
dealing with both demanding monarchs and quarrelsome city
inhabitants. The remarkable survival of the city's own records
makes it possible to trace, in unexpected detail, the inner
workings of civic politics and government over three hundred years.
London was by far the most populous and wealthy city in the
kingdom, and its practices were widely copied throughout England.
It was, as the Londoners claimed in 1339, the 'mirror and example
to the whole land'.
This is the first full account of the evolution of the government of London from the tempestuous days of the Commune in the late twelfth century to the calmer waters of Tudor England. Caroline Barron shows how the elected rulers of London developed ways of dealing with both demanding monarchs and quarrelsome city inhabitants. The remarkable survival of the city's own records makes it possible to trace, in unexpected detail, the inner workings of civic politics and government over three hundred years.
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