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Book SynopsisThis series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The focus of this volume may be summed up as "The Word". Its essays examine the contents and provenance of manuscripts which were written for polemical purposes, treasured by the duchess of York, and through the new medium of print introduced to a wider public topics of historical interest and illustrations of the geography of the known world. The essays here also consider official records of forest administration, expressed in arcane language; documents preserved in the papal curia which reveal significant facts about the lives of Scottish bishops; archives produced by the English chancery noting the movements of a royal councillor; and letters, poems and songs exposing the political strategy of a German prince. Nor is the spoken word neglected, whether employed in speeches delivered at the start of parliaments, using as their themes scriptures and classical texts to set a political agenda; or as sermons to open-air congregations gathered at St. Paul's Cross, where the oratory of Bishop Alcock stirred his listeners in different ways. Contributors: Michael Bennett, Julia Boffey, Paul Cavill, J.M. Grussenmeyer, TomJohnson, J.L. Laynesmith, John Milner, Ben Pope, Dan E. Seward, Sarah Thomas
Trade Review[The essays] are all of a high scholarly level.well-researched as well as readable. * THE RICARDIAN *
The annual series The Fifteenth Century has, since the millennial year, focused on what was one of the more unfashionable centuries for historical study, especially among English literary scholars. Usually edited by Linda Clark, it has published high-quality, if tightly focused, articles, usually a dozen or so, and with a decidedly British emphasis. . . . Writing, Records and Rhetoric continues successfully Dr. Clark's work of presenting readers with small jewels of research -- Malcolm Richardson * Journal of British Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface The Libelle of English Policy: The Matter of Ireland - Michael J Bennett 'Stories of Divers Regions and Provinces': Some Digests of History and Geography for Late-Medieval English Readers - Julia Boffey 'To please ... Dame Cecely that in latyn hath lityll intellect': Books and the Duchess of York - Joanna Laynesmith A Case Study in Lancastrian Service and Personal Survival: the Career of William, Lord Roos of Helmsley (c.1370-1414) - John Milner Identity, Discourse and Political Strategy: Margrave Albrecht Achilles (1414-86) and the Rhetoric of Antagonism between Town and Nobility in Upper Germany - Ben Pope The Redistribution of Forest Law and Administration in Fifteenth-Century England - Tom Johnson Well-Connected and Qualified Clerics? The Bishops of Dunkeld and Sodor in the Fifteenth Century - Sarah E. Thomas Preaching Politics: Lancastrian Chancellors in Parliament - Jon-Mark Grussenmeyer Bishop John Alcock and the Roman Invasion of Parliament: Introducing Renaissance Civic Humanism to Tudor Parliamentary Proceedings - Dan E. Seward Preaching on Magna Carta at the End of the Fifteenth Century: John Alcock's Sermon at Paul's Cross - Paul Cavill
