Linda Clark 
The Fifteenth Century XI 
Concerns and Preoccupations

This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW


The concerns of people over differing levels of fifteenth-century society are the focus of the essays contained in this volume. How would a queen in exile wish to be depicted on a medal, or a newly-crowned king deal with recalcitrant London merchants when their interests clashed with his policies? The logistics of an invasion of France present a challenge to the military advisers of another king, and by bringing fresh insights to the text a translator of Vegetius’
De re militari addresses the fears of rulers and ruled in a time of civil unrest. English supplicants to the papal curia require expert advice to navigate bureaucratic procedures at Rome; while Welsh students encounter other obstacles as they embark on careers in Church and state. Manuscript and printed versions of parliamentary statutes point to differing preferences on the part of government clerks and practising lawyers in their choice of language; while the papers of a professional estate manager from Norfolk reveal antiquarian interests and an affinity with William of Worcester.


Contributors: Christopher Allmand, Peter Clarke, Rhun Emlyn, Samantha Harper, Frederick Hepburn, John Milner, Dean Rowland, Anthony Smith

Table of Content

Preface

The English Translations of Vegetius’
De Re Militari. What were their Authors’ Intentions? – Christopher Allmand

The English Commitment to the 1412 Expedition to France – John Milner

Serving the Church and State: the Careers of Medieval Welsh Students – Rhun Emlyn

Petitioning the Pope: English Supplicants and Rome in the Fifteenth Century – Peter D. Clarke

The Queen in Exile: Representing Margaret of Anjou in Art and Literature – Frederick Hepburn

The Presence of the Past: the Bokkyns of Longham in the Later Medieval Ages – Anthony Smith

The End of the Statute Rolls: Manuscript, Print and Language Change in Fifteenth-Century English Statutes – Dean Rowland

Divide and Rule? Henry VII, the Mercers, Merchant Taylors and the Corporation of London – S.P. Harper

About the author

LINDA CLARK is Editor Emeritus at the History of Parliament.