Creativity, Contradictions and Commemoration in the Reign of Richard II
Essays in Honour of Nigel Saul
Published on 11. March 2022
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-1-78327-617-2 (ISBN)
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Aspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined.
The reign of Richard II is well known for its political turmoil as well as its literary and artistic innovations, all areas explored by Professor Nigel Saul during his distinguished career. The present volume interrogates many familiar literary and narrative sources, including works by Froissart, Gower, Chaucer, Clanvow, and the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum, along with those less well-known, such as coroner's inquests and gaol delivery proceedings. The reign is also notorious for its larger than life personalities - not least Richard himself. But how was he shaped by other personalities? A prosopographical study of Richard's bishops, a comparison of the literary biographies of his father the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, and a reconsideration of Plantagenet family politics, all shed light on this question. Meanwhile, Richard II's tomb reflects his desire to shape a new vision of kingship. Commemoration more broadly was changing in the late fourteenth century, and this volume includes several studies of both individual and communal memorials of various types that illustrate this trend: again, appropriately for an area Professor Saul has made his own.
Contributors: Mark Arvanigian, Caroline Barron, Michael Bennett, Jerome Bertram, David Carpenter, Chris Given-Wilson, Jill Havens, Claire Kennan, Hannes Kleineke, John Leland, Joel Rosenthal, Christian Steer, George Stow, Jenny Stratford, Kelcey Wilson-Lee.
The reign of Richard II is well known for its political turmoil as well as its literary and artistic innovations, all areas explored by Professor Nigel Saul during his distinguished career. The present volume interrogates many familiar literary and narrative sources, including works by Froissart, Gower, Chaucer, Clanvow, and the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum, along with those less well-known, such as coroner's inquests and gaol delivery proceedings. The reign is also notorious for its larger than life personalities - not least Richard himself. But how was he shaped by other personalities? A prosopographical study of Richard's bishops, a comparison of the literary biographies of his father the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, and a reconsideration of Plantagenet family politics, all shed light on this question. Meanwhile, Richard II's tomb reflects his desire to shape a new vision of kingship. Commemoration more broadly was changing in the late fourteenth century, and this volume includes several studies of both individual and communal memorials of various types that illustrate this trend: again, appropriately for an area Professor Saul has made his own.
Contributors: Mark Arvanigian, Caroline Barron, Michael Bennett, Jerome Bertram, David Carpenter, Chris Given-Wilson, Jill Havens, Claire Kennan, Hannes Kleineke, John Leland, Joel Rosenthal, Christian Steer, George Stow, Jenny Stratford, Kelcey Wilson-Lee.
Reviews / Votes
Provides a feast of new insights on primary sources, while never losing sight of the human drama--all in the great tradition of its honoree. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW * A lasting and indispensable complement to Saul's talent and reach as a historian of the reign of Richard II. * SPECULUM * Offers a welcome thematic unity often lacking in the Festschrift format and focuses its appeal. When politicians speak of learning from history, they rarely mean the late medieval past, yet this is a volume that has distinct resonance for the present. It is a worthy celebration of Professor Saul's contribution to the field. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth over boards
Illustrations
15 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
646 gr
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978-1-78327-617-2 (9781783276172)
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Essays in Honour of Nigel Saul
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Persons
Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London. CHRISTIAN STEER is Hon. Visiting Fellow in the Department of History at the University of York. The late JEROME BERTRAM was the leading authority of his generation on monumental brasses, indents and incised slabs; he was especially interested in epigraphy and had an impressive publication record on the topic. He died in 2019.
Content
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
JESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTON
Part I: Sources
1.Froissart and the Great Revolt
CAROLINE BARRON
2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387?-88
MICHAEL BENNETT
3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A Reconsideration
GEORGE B. STOW
Part II: Government and Administration
4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars'
JENNY STRATFORD
5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years War
JILL C. HAVENS
6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal Formulas
JOHN L. LELAND
7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377
HANNES KLEINEKE
8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s'
MARK ARVANIGIAN
9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?
JOEL T. ROSENTHAL
10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in Lincolnshire
CLAIRE KENNAN
Part III: Commemoration
11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and Death
CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON
12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monuments
KELCEY WILSON-LEE
13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor London
CHRISTIAN STEER
14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their Brasses
JEROME BERTRAM ?
15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An Appreciation
DAVID CARPENTER
Bibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's work
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
JESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTON
Part I: Sources
1.Froissart and the Great Revolt
CAROLINE BARRON
2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387?-88
MICHAEL BENNETT
3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A Reconsideration
GEORGE B. STOW
Part II: Government and Administration
4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars'
JENNY STRATFORD
5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years War
JILL C. HAVENS
6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal Formulas
JOHN L. LELAND
7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377
HANNES KLEINEKE
8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s'
MARK ARVANIGIAN
9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?
JOEL T. ROSENTHAL
10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in Lincolnshire
CLAIRE KENNAN
Part III: Commemoration
11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and Death
CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON
12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monuments
KELCEY WILSON-LEE
13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor London
CHRISTIAN STEER
14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their Brasses
JEROME BERTRAM ?
15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An Appreciation
DAVID CARPENTER
Bibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's work
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria