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This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new
trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The
essays collected here cast light on the factors that made or
defined an individual, and the ways in which the men and women
concerned gave expression to their individuality. Facets of the
characters of English kings emerge from the varying contents of
their wills, and the use of propaganda in their personal letters.
By contrast, Margaret of Anjou's early years are explored for the
roots of her conduct as queen consort, and how she matched up to
contemporary expectations following Henry VI's mental collapse. The
law courts and the legal profession provide the stage and cast for
several papers: individual lawyers, of dubious integrity and adept
at manipulating legal processes intheir own interests, provoked the
violence that led to their own deaths, while a member of the same
profession is shown to have orchestrated civic riots in which he
and his neighbours sought to give expression to their own statusas
they perceived it. Finally, in their frustrated search for justice,
strong-minded women asserted their individual rights by taking
their grievances to Henry VII's star chamber. Contributors: Chris
Given-Wilson, Anthony Gross, David Grummitt, Samuel Lane, Simon
Payling, Alice Raw, Anne F. Sutton, Deborah Youngs.
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.
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