The vitality and diversity of research into the late medieval period are exemplified by the contents of this volume. A central theme is the medieval Church: examinations of the process of ordination, the parishioners of Dartford in Kent and the influence of their learned vicar, how monastic chroniclers changed their focus as the century progressed, the perhaps unjustified reputation of Bishop Ayscough of Salisbury, and the significance of Edward IV's charter of ecclesiastical liberties. Another strand concentrates on Ireland, to explore both the complex relations between the Gaelic-speaking peoples of the west and the Stewart monarchy in Scotland, and the status and participation in government of the English settled near Dublin. Unusual perspectives on London are derived from a study of those engaged in identity theft there at the start of the century, and two heralds' accounts of the public processions and elaborate funeral rites accorded to a French ambassador at its end.
Author(s): Linda Clark (ed.)
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 208
City: Woodbridge
Contributors vii
Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
Changes in Monastic Historical Writing Throughout the Long Fifteenth Century / CLAIRE MACHT 1
'Such Great Merits': The Pastoral Influence of a Learned Resident Vicar, John Hornley of Dartford / DAVID LEPINE 27
Getting Connected: the Medieval Ordinand and his Search for 'Titulus' / DES ATKINSON 45
The Political Career of William Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury, 1438–50 / SAMUEL LANE 63
Edward IV’s 'Charta de Libertatibus Clericorum' / DANIEL F. GOSLING 83
A Playground of the Scots? Gaelic Ireland and the Stewart Monarchy in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries / SIMON EGAN 105
An English Gentry Abroad: the Gentry of English Ireland / BRIAN COLEMAN 123
Identity Theft in Later Medieval London / ZOSIA EDWARDS 137
Dying on Duty: A French Ambassador’s Funeral in London in 1512 / CHARLES GIRY-DELOISON 155
Index 177
