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Fourteenth Century England XII (Hardcover)
James Bothwell, Jeffrey S. J.S. Hamilton; Contributions by Paul Dryburgh, Pierre Gaite, Christopher Given-Wilson, …
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Essays offer a lively snapshot of important topics. The essays
presented here draw on a number of different approaches and
perspectives to address and illuminate key aspects and issues of
the period. Longitudinal studies of king's confessors and corrodies
of the crown provide insights into the intersection of political,
religious and demographic currents over the longue duree, and are
complemented by studies of documentary sources of various kinds -
newsletters, chronicles, and municipal archives - to challenge
current understandings of important events and processes such as
the deposition of Edward II, the evolving identity of the
parliamentary peers, and Richard II's vision for the house of
Lancaster. Prosopographical and biographical studies of post-plague
clerics, and of knights within comital affinities and within their
own individual affinity groups, shed light on county communities
and gentry society; they also demonstrate the impact of the Black
Death on society at large, especially on the question of religious
continuity and discontinuity at the parish level. Contributors:
Paul Dryburgh, Pierre Gaite, Chris Given-Wilson, Michael Jones,
Taylor Kniphfer, Samuel Lane, Jonathan Mackman, Alison McHardy,
Matt Raven, David Robinson.
Important aspects of fifteenth-century England and Europe assessed
in this new collection. A variety of new perspectives and fresh
insights into people and society in fifteenth-century England and
France are gathered together here. We learn from contemporary
accounts of the battle of Anthon how regional politics in
theDauphine were enmeshed in the broader conflict over the French
throne; subtle inferences about East Anglian politics in the
fifteenth century are derived not only from a detailed study of
stained glass, but also from a close examination of Sir John
Fastolf's papers; the motivations of members of guilds in founding
almshouses in their towns, and how such establishments functioned,
are presented for our deeper understanding; relations between
Humphrey, dukeof Gloucester, and the citizens of London at crucial
stages of Henry VI's reign are explored anew; the celebration of
the accession of Edward IV by the artistic endeavours of a clerk of
the staple of Calais gives our study of theperiod a new visual
dimension; and a drama perhaps performed in the household of
Cardinal Morton throws a new perspective on contemporary attitudes
towards the nobility and Henry VII's "new men". Contributors:
KATHLEEN DALY, DAVID KING, RUTH LEXTON, JONATHAN MACKMAN, CAROLE
RAWCLIFFE, COLIN RICHMOND, LUCY RHYMER, ANNE F, SUTTON.
This book provides a vivid and accessible history of
first-generation immigrants to England in the later Middle Ages.
Accounting for upwards of two percent of the population and coming
from all parts of Europe and beyond, immigrants spread out over the
kingdom, settling in the countryside as well as in towns, taking
work as agricultural labourers, skilled craftspeople and
professionals. Often encouraged and welcomed, sometimes vilified
and victimised, immigrants were always on the social and political
agenda. Immigrant England is the first book to address a phenomenon
and issue of vital concern to English people at the time, to their
descendants living in the United Kingdom today and to all those
interested in the historical dimensions of immigration policy,
attitudes to ethnicity and race and concepts of Englishness and
Britishness. -- .
This book provides a vivid and accessible history of
first-generation immigrants to England in the later Middle Ages.
Accounting for upwards of two percent of the population and coming
from all parts of Europe and beyond, immigrants spread out over the
kingdom, settling in the countryside as well as in towns, taking
work as agricultural labourers, skilled craftspeople and
professionals. Often encouraged and welcomed, sometimes vilified
and victimised, immigrants were always on the social and political
agenda. Immigrant England is the first book to address a phenomenon
and issue of vital concern to English people at the time, to their
descendants living in the United Kingdom today and to all those
interested in the historical dimensions of immigration policy,
attitudes to ethnicity and race and concepts of Englishness and
Britishness. -- .
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