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Book SynopsisConspicuous consumption in the 15th century both offers causes for revolt and allows reconstruction of regional supply and trading networks.The essays in this volume focus on the sources and resources of political power, on consumption (royal and lay, conspicuous and everyday) on political revolution and on economic regulation in the later middle ages. Topics range from the diet of the nobility in the fifteenth century to the knightly household of Richard II and the peace commissions, while particular case studies, of Middlesex, Cambridge, Durham Cathedral and Winchester, shed new light on regional economies through an examination of the patterns of consumption, retailing, and marketing.Professor MICHAEL HICKS teaches at King Alfred's College at Winchester.Contributors: CHRISTOPHER WOOLGAR, ALASTAIR DUNN, SHELAGH MITCHELL, ALISON GUNDY, T.B. PUGH, JESSICA FREEMAN, JOHN HARE, JOHN LEE, MIRANDA THRELFALL-HOLMES, WINIFRED HARWOOD, PETER FLEMING.
Trade ReviewHicks adeptly draws out the themes of this diverse and rewarding volue, rightly observing hat it reflects the vigour and debate of late medieval studies. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Fifteenth-century studies are very much alive and well... able to generate new and challenging research agendas. This excellent collection reflects that well. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *
Table of ContentsFast and Fast: Conspicuous Consumption and the Diet of the Nobility in the Fifteenth Century - Christopher Woolgar Exploitation and Control: The Royal Administration of Magnate Estates, 1397-1405 - Alastair Dunn The Knightly Household of Richard II and the Peace Commissions - Shelagh Mitchell The Earl of Warwick and the Royal Affinity in the Politics of the West Midlands, 1389-99 - Alison Gundy The Estates, Finances and Regal Aspirations of Richard Plantagenet (1411-60), Duke of York - T B Pugh Middlesex in the Fifteenth Century: County Community or Communities? - Jessica Freeman Regional Prosperity in Fifteenth-Century England: Some Evidence from Wessex - John Hare The Trade of Fifteenth-Century Cambridge and its Region - John Lee Durham Cathedral Priory's Consumption of Imported Goods: Wines and Spices, 1464-1520 - Miranda Threlfall-Holmes The Impact of St Swithun's Priory on the City of Winchester in the Later Middle Ages - Winifred Harwood Telling Tales of Oligarchy in the Late Medieval Town - Peter W Fleming
