Traditions and Transformations in Late Medieval England
Published on 15. January 2002
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 268 pages
978-90-04-12341-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume deals with political, military, social, architectural, and literary aspects of fifteenth century England. The essays contained in the volume range across the century from some of the leading scholars currently working in the period.
Contributors: Mark Addison Amos, Douglas Biggs, Kelly DeVries, Matthew Boyd Goldie, Virginia Henderson, Gwyn Meirion-Jones, Michael Jones, Helen Maurer, Sharon D. Michalove, Michael D. Myers, Anthony J. Pollard, A. Compton Reeves, and Joel Rosenthal.
Contributors: Mark Addison Amos, Douglas Biggs, Kelly DeVries, Matthew Boyd Goldie, Virginia Henderson, Gwyn Meirion-Jones, Michael Jones, Helen Maurer, Sharon D. Michalove, Michael D. Myers, Anthony J. Pollard, A. Compton Reeves, and Joel Rosenthal.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
36 Abb., Taf.
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
685 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-12341-0 (9789004123410)
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Persons
Douglas Biggs is Associate Professor of History at University of Nebraska - Kearney. His research interests lie in the political history of late fourteenth and early fifteenth century England as well as the social history of elites. He has published widely on politics in the reign of Henry IV and on the members of that king's affinity. He is currently engaged in writing a political biography of Henry IV.
Sharon D. Michalove is Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies where she specialized in the History of Medieval and Early Modern Education. She has published widely on the history of women's education.
A. Compton Reeves is an Emeritus Professor of History at Ohio University. He has published a number of books and articles in his long career including, Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England, Lancastrian Englishmen, The Marcher Lords, and Purveyors and Purveyance for the Lancastrian and Yorkist Kings. He currently divides his time between Athens, Ohio and Arizona.
Sharon D. Michalove is Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies where she specialized in the History of Medieval and Early Modern Education. She has published widely on the history of women's education.
A. Compton Reeves is an Emeritus Professor of History at Ohio University. He has published a number of books and articles in his long career including, Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England, Lancastrian Englishmen, The Marcher Lords, and Purveyors and Purveyance for the Lancastrian and Yorkist Kings. He currently divides his time between Athens, Ohio and Arizona.
Content
List of Contributors
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Local Girls Do It Better: Women and Religion in Late Medieval East Anglia / Joel T. Rosenthal 1
The Use of Gunpowder Weapons in the Wars of the Roses / Kelly DeVries 21
The Breton Gentleman and his Home in the Late Middle Ages: Recent Research and Fieldwork / Michael Jones, Gwyn Meirion-Jones 39
Henry IV and his JP's: The Lancastrianization of Justice, 1399-1413 / Douglas Biggs 59
The Failure of Conflict Resolution and the Limits of Arbitration in King's Lynn, 1405-1416 / Michael D. Myers 81
Margaret of Anjou and the Loveday of 1458: A Reconsideration / Helen Maurer 109
Bishop John Booth of Exeter, 1465-78 / A. Compton Reeves 125
Elizabeth Woodville and Her Historians / A. J. Pollard 145
"Somme lordes & somme other of lower astates": London's Urban Elite and the Symbolic Battle for Status / Mark Addison Amos 159
Audiences for Language-Play in Middle English Drama / Matthew Boyd Goldie 177
Giles Daubeney: Hastings to Henry VII? / Sharon D. Michalove 217
Retrieving the "Crown in the Hawthorn Bush": The Origins of The Badges of Henry VII / Virginia K. Henderson 237
Index 261
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Local Girls Do It Better: Women and Religion in Late Medieval East Anglia / Joel T. Rosenthal 1
The Use of Gunpowder Weapons in the Wars of the Roses / Kelly DeVries 21
The Breton Gentleman and his Home in the Late Middle Ages: Recent Research and Fieldwork / Michael Jones, Gwyn Meirion-Jones 39
Henry IV and his JP's: The Lancastrianization of Justice, 1399-1413 / Douglas Biggs 59
The Failure of Conflict Resolution and the Limits of Arbitration in King's Lynn, 1405-1416 / Michael D. Myers 81
Margaret of Anjou and the Loveday of 1458: A Reconsideration / Helen Maurer 109
Bishop John Booth of Exeter, 1465-78 / A. Compton Reeves 125
Elizabeth Woodville and Her Historians / A. J. Pollard 145
"Somme lordes & somme other of lower astates": London's Urban Elite and the Symbolic Battle for Status / Mark Addison Amos 159
Audiences for Language-Play in Middle English Drama / Matthew Boyd Goldie 177
Giles Daubeney: Hastings to Henry VII? / Sharon D. Michalove 217
Retrieving the "Crown in the Hawthorn Bush": The Origins of The Badges of Henry VII / Virginia K. Henderson 237
Index 261