Creativity, Contradictions and Commemoration in the Reign of Richard II (EPUB) von Jessica Lutkin

Aspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined.

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List of Contributors

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Introduction
JESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTON

Part I: Sources
1.Froissart and the Great Revolt
CAROLINE BARRON

2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387¬-88
MICHAEL BENNETT

3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A Reconsideration
GEORGE B. STOW

Part II: Government and Administration
4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars'
JENNY STRATFORD

5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years War
JILL C. HAVENS

6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal Formulas
JOHN L. LELAND

7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377
HANNES KLEINEKE

8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s'
MARK ARVANIGIAN

9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?
JOEL T. ROSENTHAL

10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in Lincolnshire
CLAIRE KENNAN

Part III: Commemoration
11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and Death
CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON

12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monuments
KELCEY WILSON-LEE

13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor London
CHRISTIAN STEER

14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their Brasses
JEROME BERTRAM †

15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An Appreciation
DAVID CARPENTER


Bibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's work
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria