The Ties that Bind

Essays in Medieval British History in Honor of Barbara Hanawalt

Katherine L. French, Douglas L. Biggs, Linda E. Mitchell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781409411543
• eBook ISBN: 9781317013891
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

This collection of essays, whose title echoes that of her most well-known book, celebrates the career of Barbara A. Hanawalt, emerita George III Professor of British Studies at The Ohio State University. The volume's contents -- ranging from politics to family histories, from intimate portraits to extensive prosopographies -- are authored by both former students and career-long colleagues and friends, and reflect the wide range of topics on which Professor Hanawalt has written as well as her varied methodological approaches and disciplinary interests. The essays also mirror the variety of sources Professor Hanawalt has utilized in her work: public documents of the law courts and chancery; private deeds, charters, and wills; works of both religious and secular literature. The collection not only illustrates and reinforces the influence of Barbara Hanawalt's work on modern-day medieval studies, it is also a testament to her inspiring friendship and guidance during a career that has now spanned more than three decades.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Abbreviations
• List of Maps, Tables and Figures
• Contributors
• List of Publications by Barbara A. Hanawalt
• Introduction
• The Alien Clothworkers of London, 1337ߝ1381
• The Bonds of Trade: The Port of Southampton and the Merchants of Winchester and Salisbury
• The Mayor’s Body
• What Is a Nice (Thirteenth-Century) English Woman Doing in the King’s Courts?
• Even Money That Your Bishop Has Come and Gone: Episcopal Appointments and Translations in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century England
• Identifying Chaste Widows: Documenting a Religious Vocation
• The Anonymous Heroine: Aelred of Rievaulx’s Rule for his Sister
• Maud Marshal and Margaret Marshal: Two Viragos Extraordinaire
• Patronage, Preference and Survival: The Life of Lady Margaret Sarnesfield, c. 1381ߝc. 1444
• Margery Kempe and the Parish
• The Berenger Family’s Experience of the Peasants’ Revolt
• Unbounded Affection: The Complex Intimacies of ‘Simple’ Peasants After the Black Death
• Index