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Fresh examinations of the activities of Henry V, looking at how his
reputation was achieved. Henry V (1413-22) is widely acclaimed as
the most successful late medieval English king. In his short reign
of nine and a half years, he re-imposed the rule of law, made the
crown solvent, decisively crushed heresy, achieved a momentous
victory at the battle of Agincourt (1415), and negotiated a
remarkably favourable settlement for the English over the French in
the Treaty of Troyes (1420). Above all, he restored the reputation
of the English monarchy andunited the English people behind the
crown following decades of upheaval and political turmoil. But who
was the man behind these achievements? What explains his success?
How did he acquire such a glorious reputation? The ground-breaking
essays contained in this volume provide the first concerted
investigation of these questions in over two decades. Contributions
range broadly across the period of Henry's life, including his
early years as Prince of Wales. They consider how Henry raised the
money to fund his military campaigns and how his subjects responded
to these financial exactions; how he secured royal authority in the
localities and cultivated support within the politicalcommunity;
and how he consolidated his rule in France and earned for himself a
reputation as the archetypal late medieval warrior king. Overall,
the contributions provide new insights and a much better
understanding of how Henryachieved this epithet. GWILYM DODD is an
Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of
Nottingham. Contributors: Christopher Allmand, Mark Arvanigian,
Michael Bennett, Anne Curry, Gwilym Dodd, Maureen Jurkowski, Alison
K. McHardy, Neil Murphy, W. Mark Ormrod, Jenny Stratford, Craig
Taylor.
Fresh examinations of the activities of Henry V, looking at how his
reputation was achieved. Henry V (1413-22) is widely acclaimed as
the most successful late medieval English king. In his short reign
of nine and a half years, he re-imposed the rule of law, made the
crown solvent, decisively crushed heresy, achieved a momentous
victory at the battle of Agincourt (1415), and negotiated a
remarkably favourable settlement for the English over the French in
the Treaty of Troyes (1420). Above all, he restored the reputation
of the English monarchy andunited the English people behind the
crown following decades of upheaval and political turmoil. But who
was the man behind these achievements? What explains his success?
How did he acquire such a glorious reputation? The ground-breaking
essays contained in this volume provide the first concerted
investigation of these questions in over two decades. Contributions
range broadly across the period of Henry's life, including his
early years as Prince of Wales. They consider how Henry raised the
money to fund his military campaigns and how his subjects responded
to these financial exactions; how he secured royal authority in the
localities and cultivated support within the politicalcommunity;
and how he consolidated his rule in France and earned for himself a
reputation as the archetypal late medieval warrior king. Overall,
the contributions provide new insights and a much better
understanding of how Henryachieved this epithet. GWILYM DODD is an
Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of
Nottingham. Contributors: Christopher Allmand, Mark Arvanigian,
Michael Bennett, Anne Curry, Gwilym Dodd, Maureen Jurkowski, Alison
K. McHardy, Neil Murphy, W. Mark Ormrod, Jenny Stratford, Craig
Taylor.
This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new
trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Of
necessity, historians of the late Middle Ages have to rely on an
eclectic mix of sources, ranging from the few remaining medieval
buildings, monuments, illuminated manuscripts and miscellaneous
artefacts, to a substantial but often uncatalogued body of
documentary material, much of it born of the medieval
administrator's penchant for record keeping. Exploring this
evidence requires skills in lateral thinking and interpretation -
qualities which are manifested in this volume. Employing the
copious legal records kept by the English Crown, one essay reveals
the thinking behind exceptions to pardons sold by successive kings,
while another, using clerical taxation returns, adds colour to
contemporary criticism of friars for betraying their vows of
poverty. Case studies of the registers of two hospitals, one in
London the other in Canterbury, lead to insights into the relations
of their administrators with civic and spiritual authorities. A
textual dissection of the epilogues in William Caxton's early
printed works focuses on the universal desire for commemoration.
Other essays about royal livery collars and the English coinage are
nourished by material remains, and where contemporary records fail
to survive, as in the listing of burials in parish churches, notes
kept by sixteenth-century heralds and antiquaries provide clues for
novel identifications. The book-ends are exemplars of the
historian's craft: the one, taking as its starting point the will
of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, explores in forensic detail how his
executors coped with their enormous task in a time of civil war;
the other,by examining research into the economy of
fifteenth-century England undertaken since the 1880s, provides an
over-view which scholars of the period will find invaluable.
Contributors: Martin Allen, Christopher Dyer, David Harry, Susanne
Jenks, Maureen Jurkowski, Simon Payling, Euan Roger, Christian
Steer, Sheila Sweetinburgh, Matthew Ward.
First publication, with English translation, of the accounts of the
building of St Stephen's Chapel. Begun by Edward I in 1292 and
finished by Edward III, the rebuilding and decoration of St
Stephen's chapel took three reigns and over 60 years to complete
(accommodation for the associated college of secular clergy was
still underconstruction in the 1390s). The chapel stood at the
heart of the palace of Westminster, the pre-eminent centre of
English royal government and ceremonial. Produced by the royal
Exchequer and now in The National Archives, the fabric accounts for
St Stephen's are exceptionally rich, but have not been fully
published until now. This edition comprises over sixty rolls, from
between 1292 and 1396, documenting in meticulous detail a building
of spectacularmagnificence. They are of international importance as
evidence for medieval crafts, especially masonry, carpentry,
painting and glass-painting, recording many hundreds of people,
their organisation and working practices, and their materials and
sources of supply. As primary sources for a major project in the
king's works, the accounts also have a special significance for the
study of English royal patronage and political culture. An
extensive introduction sets out their history, structure and
context; the Latin text is presented with a facing translation,
critical apparatus and indices.
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