Traditions and transformations in late medieval England
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Traditions and transformations in late medieval England
(The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. : peoples, economies and cultures, v. 2)
Brill, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Table of Contents
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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
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