The Fifteenth Century: Finding Individuality - Couverture rigide

 
9781783275229: The Fifteenth Century: Finding Individuality
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1783275227 ISBN 13 : 9781783275229
Editeur : The Boydell Press, 2020

Synopsis

The essays collected here cast light on the factors that made or defined an individual, and the ways in which the men and women concerned gave expression to their individuality. Facets of the characters of English kings emerge from the varying contents of their wills, and the use of propaganda in their personal letters. By contrast, Margaret of Anjou's early years are explored for the roots of her conduct as queen consort, and how she matched up to contemporary expectations following Henry VI's mental collapse. The law courts and the legal profession provide the stage and cast for several papers: individual lawyers, of dubious integrity and adept at manipulating legal processes in their own interests, provoked the violence that led to their own deaths, while a member of the same profession is shown to have orchestrated civic riots in which he and his neighbours sought to give expression to their own status as they perceived it. Finally, in their frustrated search for justice, strong-minded women asserted their individual rights by taking their grievances to Henry VII's star chamber.

Contributors: Linda Clark, Chris Given-Wilson, Anthony Gross, David Grummitt, Samuel Lane, Simon Payling, Alice Raw, Anne F. Sutton, Deborah Youngs.

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À propos de l'auteur

LINDA CLARK is Editor Emeritus at the History of Parliament.

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Éditeur
The Boydell Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1783275227
ISBN 13 
9781783275229
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
178
Éditeur
Clark Linda
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