Fourteenth Century England VII, Volume 7W. M. Ormrod Fourteenth Century England has quickly established for itself a deserved reputation for its scope and scholarship and for admirably filling a gap in the publication of medieval studies. HISTORY This collection represents the fruits of new research, by both established and young scholars, on the politics, society and culture of England and its dependencies in the fourteenth century. Drawing on a diverse range of documentary, literary and material evidence, the studies offer a range of methods, from micro-history and prosopography to the study of institutions, texts and events. The early fourteenth century provides a particular focus of interest, with studies contributing new reflections on the personnel of parliament, the household of Edward II, the politics of Edward III's minority, and reactions to the great famine of 1315-22 and the Black Death of 1348-9. The wars withScotland and France give the opportunity for significant new assessments of international diplomacy, the role of the mariner in the logistics of war, English loyalties in Gascony and the pious practices of medieval knights. Richlytextured with personal and local detail, these new studies provide numerous insights into the lives of great and small in this tumultuous period of medieval history. W. Mark Ormrod is Professor of Medieval History atthe University of York. Contributors: Benoît Grévin, Alison K. McHardy, J.S. Hamilton, Guilhem Pépin, Eliza Hartrich, Phil Bradford, J.S. Bothwell, Craig Lambert, Andrew Ayton, Graham St John, Christopher Phillpotts |
Contents
The Role of the Sicilian and Papal Letter Collections as Practical Models for the Shaping of Royal Propaganda | 1 |
The Great Bardney Abbey Scandal 130318 | 31 |
A Reassessment of the Loyalty of the Household Knights of Edward II | 47 |
A Lawyer Turned Knight in the Service of the Kings of England | 73 |
London and Henry of Lancasters Revolt 132829 | 89 |
The Obscure Lives of Obscure Men? The Parliamentary Knights of the Shires in the Early Fourteenth Century | 107 |
Institutional Hierarchy and Social Provision in Later Medieval Leicestershire | 131 |