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Stevenson and her collaborators have opened new vistas for the
historian of the heralds, pointing the way forward to an
internationally focused approach to the significance of the part
which heralds played in noble society and in the courtly politics
of the late medieval age, and one which promises to enlarge our
perception of its aristocratic culture. - ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
First full-length assessment of the role of the herald in medieval
Europe. The officers of arms [kings of arms, heralds and
pursuivants] have often been overlooked by scholars of late
medieval elite society. Yet as officers of the crown, ducal courts
or noble families, they played important parts in a number of
areas. They were crucial to foreign and domestic relations, and
chivalric culture; and, of course, they were to become the
powerbrokers of heraldic symbols and genealogy. However, despite
the high levels at which they operated, their roles in these areas
remain largely unexplored, with scholarship tending to focus on the
science of heraldry rather than the heralds themselves. This
collection aims to remedy that neglect. The contributions cover a
range of European regions [particularly Florence, Scandinavia,
Poland, the German Empire, the Burgundian Low Countries, Brittany,
Scotland and England] and discuss the diverse roles and experiences
of heralds in the late Middle Ages. Contributors: JACKSON W.
ARMSTRONG, ADRIAN AILES, KATIE STEVENSON, MICHAEL JONES, FRANCK
VILTART, HENRI SIMMONEAU, WIM VAN ANROOIJ, BOGDAN WOJCIECH
BRZUSTOWICZ, ALEXIA GROSJEAN, LAURA CIRRI
First extended treatment of the city of St Andrews during the
middle ages. St Andrews was of tremendous significance in medieval
Scotland. Its importance remains readily apparent in the buildings
which cluster the rocky promontory jutting out into the North Sea:
the towers and walls of cathedral, castleand university provide
reminders of the status and wealth of the city in the Middle Ages.
As a centre of earthly and spiritual government, as the place of
veneration for Scotland's patron saint and as an ancient seat of
learning,St Andrews was the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland.
This volume provides the first full study of this special and
multi-faceted centre throughout its golden age. The fourteen
chapters use St Andrews as a focus for the discussion of multiple
aspects of medieval life in Scotland. They examine church,
spirituality, urban society and learning in a specific context from
the seventh to the sixteenth century, allowing for the
consideration of St Andrews alongside other great religious and
political centres of medieval Europe.
An examination of the ways in which the fluid concept of "chivalry"
has been used and appropriated after the Middle Ages. One of the
most difficult and complex ethical and cultural codes to define,
chivalry has proved a flexible, ever-changing phenomenon,
constantly adapted in the hands of medieval knights, Renaissance
princes, early modern antiquarians, Enlightenment scholars, modern
civic authorities, authors, historians and re-enactors. This book
explores the rich variations in how the Middle Ages were
conceptualised and historicised to illuminate the plurality of uses
of the past. Using chivalry as a lens through which to examine
concepts and uses of the medieval, it provides a critical
assessment of the ways in which medieval chivalry became a
shorthand to express contemporary ideals, powerfully demonstrating
the ways in which history could be appropriated. The chapters
combine attention to documentary evidence with what material
culture can tell us, in particular using the built environment and
the landscape as sources to understand how the medieval past was
renegotiated. With contributions spanning diverse geographic
regions and periods, it redraws current chronological boundaries by
considering medievalism from the late Middle Ages to the present.
Katie Stevenson is Senior Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History and
Director of the Institute of Scottish Historical Research at the
University of St Andrews; Barbara Gribling is a Junior Research
Fellow in the Department of History at Durham University.
Contributors: David W. Allan, Stefan Goebel, Barbara Gribling,
Steven C. Hughes, Peter N. Lindfield, Antti Matikkala, Rosemary
Mitchell, Paul Pickering, Katie Stevenson
First extended treatment of the city of St Andrews during the
middle ages. St Andrews was of tremendous significance in medieval
Scotland. Its importance remains readily apparent in the buildings
which cluster the rocky promontory jutting out into the North Sea:
the towers and walls of cathedral, castleand university provide
reminders of the status and wealth of the city in the Middle Ages.
As a centre of earthly and spiritual government, as the place of
veneration for Scotland's patron saint and as an ancient seat of
learning,St Andrews was the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland.
This volume provides the first full study of this special and
multi-faceted centre throughout its golden age. The fourteen
chapters use St Andrews as a focus for the discussion of multiple
aspects of medieval life in Scotland. They examine church,
spirituality, urban society and learning in a specific context from
the seventh to the sixteenth century, allowing for the
consideration of St Andrews alongside other great religious and
political centres of medieval Europe. Michael Brown is Professor of
Medieval Scottish History, University of St Andrews; Katie
Stevenson is Keeper of Scottish History and Archaeology,National
Museums Scotland and Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval History,
University of St Andrews. Contributors: Michael Brown, Ian
Campbell, David Ditchburn, Elizabeth Ewan, Richard Fawcett, Derek
Hall, Matthew Hammond,Julian Luxford, Roger Mason, Norman Reid,
Bess Rhodes, Catherine Smith, Katie Stevenson, Simon Taylor, Tom
Turpie.
An examination of the ways in which the fluid concept of "chivalry"
has been used and appropriated after the Middle Ages. One of the
most difficult and complex ethical and cultural codes to define,
chivalry has proved a flexible, ever-changing phenomenon,
constantly adapted in the hands of medieval knights, Renaissance
princes, early modern antiquarians, Enlightenment scholars, modern
civic authorities, authors, historians and re-enactors. This book
explores the rich variations in how the Middle Ages were
conceptualised and historicised to illuminate the plurality of uses
of the past. Using chivalry as a lens through which to examine
concepts and uses of the medieval, it provides a critical
assessment of the ways in which medieval chivalry became a
shorthand to express contemporary ideals, powerfully demonstrating
the ways in which history could be appropriated. The chapters
combine attention to documentary evidence with what material
culture can tell us, in particular using the built environment and
the landscape as sources to understand how the medieval past was
renegotiated. With contributions spanning diverse geographic
regions and periods, it redraws current chronological boundaries by
considering medievalism from the late Middle Ages to the present.
Katie Stevenson is Senior Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History and
Director of the Institute of Scottish Historical Research at the
University of St Andrews; Barbara Gribling is a Junior Research
Fellow in the Department of History at Durham University.
Contributors: David W. Allan, Stefan Goebel, Barbara Gribling,
Steven C. Hughes, Peter N. Lindfield, Antti Matikkala, Rosemary
Mitchell, Paul Pickering, Katie Stevenson
The essays collected here provide fresh insight into a range of
important topics across the period. They discuss religion (both
orthodox, as revealed by the lives of anchoresses living in
Norwich, and heretical, as practised by lollards living in
Coventry); politics (exploring the motivations of individuals
seeking election to parliament, and how the way Cade's Rebellion
was recorded by contemporaries affected its subsequent perception);
law (whether it may be deduced from manorial court rolls that
lawyers were employed by peasants, and an examination of the
process of peace-making in feuds on the Scottish border); national,
ethnic and political identity in the British Isles; social ranking
and chivalry (in particular knighthood in Scotland); and verse (a
consideration of the poem Lydgate addressed to Thomas Chaucer, and
the occasion of its composition). Contributors: JACKSON W.
ARMSTRONG, JACQUELYN FERNHOLTZ, TONY GOODMAN, DAVID GRUMMITT,
CAROLE HILL, MAUREEN JURKOWSKI, JENNI NUTTALL, SIMON PAYLING,
ANDREA RUDDICK, KATIE STEVENSON, MATTHEW TOMPKINS
How did the later medieval kings of Scotland manipulate their power
and alliances after the Wars of Independence? Power and Propaganda
is a thematic reflection on the political history of late medieval
Scotland, that considers the ways in which power was expressed and
renegotiated during a crucial period in the kingdom's history. It
deals with themes including the nature of the power enjoyed by
kings, how that power was maintained and how it was deployed; the
interpersonal relations and struggles between kings and the elites
within their kingdoms; and, the structures of governance through
which power operated and was felt down to a local level. Late
medieval Scotland is especially fertile ground for an examination
of all of these themes as two new dynasties - the Bruces and the
Stewarts - were faced with the challenge of establishing their own
legitimacy and authority. Key Features: - An introduction to a
period in history dominated by national identity and independence
from English sovereignty - Expert assessment of the period arranged
in thematic chapters - Gives fresh insights into the period that
draw on a wide range of sources - Extensive further reading lists
Studies the manifestation of the chivalric ideal in medieval
Scotland, casting much light on a hitherto unexplored area. For
decades, the study of Scotland in the fifteenth century has focused
on the complex relationships between crown and magnates. However,
the importance of the chivalric ideal to the Scottish knightly
class, and the use of chivalry as a political tool by the Stewart
kings, has been overlooked by scholars. This book aims to fill this
gap. It considers how chivalry was interpreted in fifteenth-century
Scotland and how it compared with European ideas of chivalry; the
responsibilities of knighthood in this period and the impact that
this had on Scottish political life; the chivalric literature of
the fifteenth century; the relevance of the Christian components of
chivalric culture; and the use of chivalry by the increasingly
powerful Scottish crown. It also brings to light, and investigates
further, a variety of tournaments held in Scotland by the Stewart
kings. It will be of considerable significance to all those
interested in the manifestations of chivalric culture at the close
of the Middle Ages, in a kingdom beginning to make its mark amongst
the prominent and fashionable European courts. KATIE STEVENSON is a
teaching fellow in the Department of Scottish History, University
of St Andrews
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