The fruits of new research on the politics, society and culture of England in the fourteenth century.

The fruits of new research on the politics, society and culture of England in the fourteenth century.

The essays collected here engage with many of the most important themes and subjects of the period. In addition to addressing matters of kingship and changing theories of power, they tackle questions concerning loyalty and rebellion at the centre of authority and on its margins; the role of law, both domestic and international; the nature of memory - legal, historical and fabricated; and the relationship between the Plantagenets and the rulers of those nations and territories over which England claimed dominion. In so doing, the collection offers important new insights into political and social developments at times of major turmoil, including Edward I's war with Scotland, the deposition of Edward II, and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, while also exploring the mechanisms used to ensure peace and the smooth-running of a kingdom during a time of immense change.

DAVID GREEN is Lecturer in British Studies and History, Harlaxton College; CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON is Professor of Late Medieval History, University of St Andrews.

Contributors: James Bothwell, S.W. Dempsey, Matthew Hefferan, Samuel Lane, Cary J. Nederman, W. Mark Ormrod, Bridget Wells-Furby

The Evolution of Edward I's 'Historical' Claim to Overlordship of Scotland, 1291-1301 - S. W. Dempsey
Prelates and Political Reform: The Bishops and the Ordinances of 1311 - Samuel Lane
Sir Robert de Wateville (d. 1330) of Essex and the Younger Despenser, 1322-26 - Bridget Wells-Furby
Memory, Genealogy and Nationality in Plantagenet England: The Plugenet and Walerand Estates, 1265-1368 - W. Mark Ormrod
The 'Apparitional' Magna Carta in the Long Fourteenth Century - Cary J. Nederman
Family, Loyalty and the Royal Household in Fourteenth-Century England - Matthew Hefferan
The Revolution Stops Here? Leicestershire and the Rebellion of 1381 - James Bothwell