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Essays on a diverse range of topics, presenting the latest research on themes of gender, religion, warfare, the built environment and chronicle-writing of the period.
This collection brings into dialogue scholarship on social, religious, economic, military and political history, offering exciting new insights into a range of topics, based upon meticulous research into published and unpublished archival records. Two studies reveal the influence of gendered norms and expectations at different ends of the social spectrum, one focussing on peasant women charged with extramarital sex known as leyrwite, the other on the martial achievements and expectations of Edward III. Several essays examine patronage, property investment and the built environment, with actors ranging from the papacy to religious guilds and members of the gentry. Further contributions provide new perspectives on conflict and violence: a re-examination of how the Peasants' Revolt was recorded in the Anonimalle Chronicle, a consideration of how armies were recruited at the time of civil war in 1321-22, and an investigation of the life and career of Henry Crystede, an Englishman fighting in Ireland.
List of contents
1. Life after
Leyrwite: Sexual Subjectivity on the Medieval Manor, c.1270-c.1330 -
Alice Raw2. Papal Provisions and the Patronage of English Religious Houses, 1305-52 -
Peter McDonald3. 'For the purpose of punishing the injuries inflicted upon the king's people': Recruiting Armies for the Conflict in England, 1321-22 -
Andy King4. Masculinity and Kingship During the Early Years of the Hundred Years War, c. 1337-50 -
Matthew Hefferan5. Building Success: Property Investment and Development in Ludlow -
Rachael Harkes6. Fact or Fiction? Froissart's account of Henry Crystede's time in Ireland -
Randolph Jones7. The
Anonimalle Chronicle Narrative of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 -
Andrew Prescott8. A Gentleman and His House: Thomas Calston and Bewley Court, Wiltshire -
Jeremy Goldberg
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Edited by Gwilym Dodd and Helen Lacey
Summary
Essays on a diverse range of topics, presenting the latest research on themes of gender, religion, warfare, the built environment and chronicle-writing of the period.
