Essays presented to Rowena E. Archer / edited by Linda Clark and James Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Linda, 1946- editor.

Ross, James, editor.

Archer, Rowena E., honouree.

Series:

Fifteenth century ; v. 20.

The fifteenth century ; XX

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--House of Lancaster, 1399-1461.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--House of York, 1461-1485.

Great Britain--History--Henry VII, 1485-1509.

Physical Description:

viii, 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2024.

Summary:

'As is appropriate in a volume honouring the distinguished scholarship in this field of Dr Rowena E. Archer, wealthy and influential ladies, most notably Alice Chaucer, duchess of Suffolk, take centre stage, alongside successive queens consort of the period, whose councils helped to implement justice. Alice's almshouse at Ewelme provides a fine example of the many institutions which offered care for the elderly in late medieval England, a period when Henry VII placed great emphasis on the burials of his kinsfolk, particularly in Westminster abbey, to ensure that their memory would endure. Pretenders to the throne of that king and his successor, who included Alice's grandson, bring into focus the riots of 1487 near the borders of Wales and portraits dating from the 1520s. Other themes of language (how Henry V employed English in France), law (the development of the concept of the body corporate) and taxation (levies imposed on imported wine) are added to an intriguing comparison of relations between English administrators and the nobility of Gascony with British imperialists and the princes of India.' -- Details from publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

183765199X

9781837651993

OCLC:

1425798754