Description
Book SynopsisAn important collection of essays on the subjects of kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity, penned by the highly respected historian of late medieval England, the late Professor Simon Walker -- .
Table of ContentsEditorial note and acknowledgements
Introduction by G. L. Harriss
LORDSHIP AND SERVICE
1. Lordship and Lawlessness in the Palatinate of Lancaster, 1370–1400
2. Sir Richard Abberbury (c. 1330–1399) and his kinsmen: the rise and fall of a gentry family
3. Communities of the County in later medieval England
4. Yorkshire Justices of the Peace, 1389–1413
5. Janico Dartasso: chivalry, nationality and the man-at-arms
POLITICAL CULTURE
6. Richard II’s views on Kingship
7. Rumour, Sedition and Popular Protest in the reign of Henry IV
8. Remembering Richard: history and memory in Lancastrian England
9. Political Saints in later medieval England
10. The Yorkshire risings of 1405: texts and contexts
11. Civil War and Rebellion, 1200–1500
A bibliography of the published writings of Dr Simon Walker compiled by Edmund King
