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Simon
Walker; collected and edited by Michael J. Braddick, with an
introduction by G. L. Harriss.
Political
culture in late medieval England: essays by Simon Walker.
Manchester
U.P., due May 2006.
234x156mm.
240pp.
Publisher's
recommended price
Hardback
ISBN
0719068266, £55.00
This is an important
collection of pioneering essays penned by the late Simon Walker, a
highly respected historian of late medieval England.
One of
the finest scholars of his generation, Walker's writing is lucid,
inspirational, and has permanently enriched our understanding of the
period. The eleven essays featured here examine themes such as
kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity. There are specific studies on
subjects such as the changing fortunes of the family of Sir Richard
Abberbury, Yorkshire's Justices of the Peace, the service of medieval
man-at-arms, Janico Dartasso; Richard II's views on kingship, political
saints, and an investigation of rumour, sedition and popular protest in
the reign of Henry IV.
An
introduction by G. L. Harriss looks back across Walker's career, and
discusses the historiographical context of his work. Both the new and
previously published pieces here will be essential reading for those
working on the late medieval period.
Simon
Walker was Reader in History at the University of Sheffield until his
death in 2004.
Contents
Editorial note and acknowledgements
Introduction by G. L. Harriss
LORDSHIP AND SERVICE
1. Lordship and lawlessness in the Palatinate of Lancaster, 1370–1400
2. Sir Richard Abberbury (c. 1330–1399) and his kinsmen: the rise and
fall of a gentry family
3. Communities of the county in later medieval England
4. Yorkshire Justices of the Peace, 1389–1413
5. Janico Dartasso: chivalry, nationality and the man-at-arms
POLITICAL CULTURE
6. Richard II's views on kingship
7. Rumour, sedition and popular protest in the reign of Henry IV
8. Remembering Richard: history and memory in Lancastrian England
9. Political saints in later medieval England
10. The Yorkshire risings of 1405: texts and contexts
11. Civil War and rebellion, 1200–1500
A bibliography of the published writings of Dr Simon Walker compiled by
Edmund King.
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