Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 6: Sixth Series (Royal Historical Society Transactions, Series Number 6)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: First Edition, 4/13/1997
EAN 9780521583305, ISBN10: 0521583306
Hardcover, 274 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
The Royal Historical Society Transactions offers readers an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume six of the sixth series, first published in 1997, includes: 'The Peoples of Ireland, 1110–1400: III. Laws and Customs', the third Presidential Address from Rees Davies; the winner of the Alexander Prize, 'Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France (1385–1422)', Rachel Gibbons; and the 1995 Prothero Lecture â€ÂAn Airier Aristocracyâ€Â: The Saints of War', Christopher Holdsworth. Also included, contributions from Sarah Foot, Nicholas Orme and John Stevenson, a special collection of papers taking the theme 'Honour and Reputation in Early-Modern England', and the annual Report of Council.
1. Presidential address
the peoples of Britain and Ireland, 1110–1400
III laws and customs R. R. Davies
2. The making of Angelcynn
English identity before the Norman Conquest Sarah Foot
3. Isabeau of Bavaria Queen of France (1385–1422)
the creation of an historical villainess Rachel Gibbons
4. Church and chapel in Medieval England Nicholas Orme
5. 'An airier aristocracy'
the saints at war Christopher Holdsworth
6. William Cobbett
patriot or Briton? John Stevenson
Honour and Reputation in Early-Modern England
7. 'To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon'
gender and honour in the Castlehaven society Cynthia Herrup
8. Reputation and honour in court and country
Lady Elizabeth Russell and Sir Thomas Hoby Felicity Heal
9. Honour in life, death and the memory
funeral monuments in early modern England Nigel Llewellyn
10. The construction of honour, reputation and status in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England Faramerz Dabhoiwala
11. Male honour, social control and wife beating in late Stuart England Elizabeth Foyster
12. Women, status and the popular culture of dishonour Laura Gowing
13. Expanding the boundaries of female honour in early modern England Garthine Walker
14. Summary of closing plenary discussion on 'honour and reputation in early modern England'
Report of council for 1995–6
Officers and council 1996.