Fourteenth Century England III

Fourteenth Century England

by W. Mark Ormrod (Editor)

The annual volume of new work on all aspects of the fourteenth century, including England's overseas interests, from English and American scholars.

New research on aspects of the politics and culture of fourteenth-century England includes close studies of political events such as the quarrel of Edward II and Thomas of Lancaster and Bishop Despenser's Crusade, fresh considerations of the political and cultural context of English royal tombs and the Wilton Diptych, a number of important analyses of regional politics and regional culture in Bristol, East Anglia and Winchester - all with implications forthe bigger picture - and a discussion of late medieval French attitudes to the deposition of Richard II; that and studies of the war with France and the Bishop of Norwich's attack on Flanders carry the focus beyond the shores ofEngland.

MARK ARVANIGIAN, JANE BEAL, KELLY DEVRIES, ALASTAIR DUNN, DAVID GREEN, ANDY KING, CHRISTIAN D. LIDDY, LISA MONNA, ANTHONY MUSSON, MARK PAGE, DAVID M. PALLISER, CRAIG D. TAYLOR, KRIS TOWSON,

234 pages, Hardcover

First published March 25, 2004

About the author

A specialist in the political structures and ideas of later medieval England, William Mark Ormrod, DPhil (Oxon), FSA, FRHistS, was a Professor in the Department of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of York. He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society of Antiquaries, served on a number of AHRC committees, was a Trustee of the Richard III and Yorkist History Trust, a Councillor of the Pipe Roll Society, and a former Councillor of the Royal Historical Society.

Chair of the British Academy English Episcopal Acta Project and a member of the Comitato Scientifico of the Datini Institute, Prato, Mark was a former general editor of York Medieval Press, a member of the editorial board of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal and a co-editor of Fourteenth-Century England.