Eleven papers, from a 15th-century conference held at Southampton in 1999, examine evidence for conspicuous consumption, the redistribution of power and the political revolution that forcibly removed Richard II from the throne. Contributors focus on the social and political implications of the overindulgence of the nobility and clergy, Richard II's knightly household, administrative and economic records, Middlesex, Wessex, trade in Cambridge, the impact of St Swithun's Priory on Winchester and the estates of Richard of York.
Eleven papers, from a 15th-century conference held at Southampton in 1999, examine evidence for conspicuous consumption, the redistribution of power a...
This book surveys the monastic community at Westminster from the time when Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) adopted it as his burial church down to the end of the reign of king John. Originating according to legend during the Roman occupation, the West Minster was converted from a little collegiate church into a Benedictine monastery around 970. However, the growth of its significance largely dates from its massive endowment by king Edward, who commissioned a lavish rebuilding of the abbey church, a focal point in his programme of monarchical propaganda. Dr Mason covers every aspect of the...
This book surveys the monastic community at Westminster from the time when Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) adopted it as his burial church down to th...
