Monarchy, State and Political Culture in Late Medieval England

Essays in Honour of W. Mark Ormrod

Gwilym Dodd, Craig Taylor, Gwilym Dodd, Craig Taylor

• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781903153956
• eBook ISBN: 9781787449343
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

The essays collected here celebrate mark the distinguished career of Professor W. Mark Ormrod, reflecting the vibrancy and range of his scholarship on the structures, personalities and culture of ruling late medieval England. Encompassing political, administrative, Church and social history, the volume focusses on three main themes: monarchy, state and political culture. For the first, it explores Edward III's reactions to the deaths of his kinfolk and cases of political defamation across the fourteenth century. The workings of the "state" are examined through studies of tax and ecclesiastical records, the Court of Chivalry, fifteenth-century legislation, and the working practicesof the privy seal clerk, Thomas Hoccleve. Finally, separate discussions of collegiate statutes and the household ordinances of Cecily, duchess of York consider the political culture of regulation and code-making. GWILYM DODD is Associate Professor of History, University of Nottingham; CRAIG TAYLOR is a Reader in Medieval History at the University of York. Contributors: Elizabeth Biggs, James Bothwell, Gwilym Dodd, Helen Killick, Helen Lacey, Joanna Laynesmith, Jonathan Mackman, Anthony Musson, Sarah Rees Jones, E.H. Watt.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• Professor W. Mark Ormrod: A Personal Appreciation
• 1 The ‘Unfortunate’ Fraudster: Thomas de Boulton and the East Riding Lay Subsidy of 1332
• 2 Negotiating and Creating Collegiate Statutes in the Fourteenth Century
• 3 An Emotional Pragmatism: Edward III and Death
• 4 Defaming The King: Reporting Disloyal Speech In Fourteenth-Century England
• 5 Law and Arms: The Politics of Chivalry in Late Medieval England
• 6 The Parliament of April 1414 and the Drafting of Late Medieval English Legislation
• 7 The Medieval ‘Side-hustler’: Thomas Hoccleve’s Career in, and out of, the Privy Seal
• 8 The Order, Rules and Constructions of the House of the Princess Cecily, Duchess of York
• 9 Church, State and Society in the Registers of the Archbishops of York, 1225-c.1650
• List of PhD Supervisees
• List of Grants
• Index
• Tabula Gratulatoria