Fifteenth-Century Attitudes: Perceptions of Society in Late Medieval England
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 10/13/2008
EAN 9780521589864, ISBN10: 052158986X
Paperback, 260 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
This collection of essays takes a fresh and invigorating look at late-medieval English society by focusing not on how people lived but on how they saw the world and their place in it. Alongside contributions on how different social groups saw themselves and were seen by others are more general discussions of key aspects of fifteenth-century life: attitudes to the rule of law, to the power of the ruler, to education, to honour and service, and finally to death.
List of illustrations
Introduction Rosemary Horrox
1. The king and his subjects G. L. Harriss
2. Law and justice Edward Powell
3. Aristocracy Kate Mertes
4. Service Rosemary Horrox
5. Education and advancement Michael J. Bennett
6. Information and science Peter Murray Jones
7. Women P. J. P. Goldberg
8. Urban society D. M. Palliser
9. Rural society Mark Bailey
10. The poor Miri Rubin
11. Religion Colin Richmond
12. Death Margaret Aston.