Linda Clark 
The Fifteenth Century XVI 
Examining Identity

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


The vitality and diversity of research into the late medieval period are exemplified by the contents of this volume. A central theme is the medieval Church: examinations of the process of ordination, the parishioners of Dartford in Kent and the influence of their learned vicar, how monastic chroniclers changed their focus as the century progressed, the perhaps unjustified reputation of Bishop Ayscough of Salisbury, and the significance of Edward IV’s charter of ecclesiastical liberties. Another strand concentrates on Ireland, to explore both the complex relations between the Gaelic-speaking peoples of the west and the Stewart monarchy in Scotland, and the status and participation in government of the English settled near Dublin. Unusual perspectives on London are derived from a study of those engaged in identity theft there at the start of the century, and two heralds’ accounts of the public processions andelaborate funeral rites accorded to a French ambassador at its end.


Contributors: Des Atkinson, Brian Coleman, Zosia Edwards, Simon Egan, Charles Giry-Deloison, Daniel Gosling, Samuel Lane, David Lepine, Claire Macht

Tabela de Conteúdo

Changes in Monastic Historical Writing Throughout the Long Fifteenth Century – Claire Macht

‘Such Great Merits’: The Pastoral Influence of a Learned Resident Vicar, John Hornley of Dartford – David N Lepine

Getting Connected: the Medieval Ordinand and his Search for
Titulus – Desmond Atkinson

The Political Career of William Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury, 1438-50 – Samuel Lane

Edward IV’s
Charta de Libertatibus Clericorum – Daniel Gosling

A Playground of the Scots? Gaelic Ireland and the Stewart Monarchy in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries – Simon Egan

An English Gentry Abroad: the Gentry of English Ireland – Brian Coleman

Identity Theft in Later Medieval London – Zosia Edwards

Dying on Duty: A French Ambassador’s Funeral in London in 1512 – Charles Giry-Deloison

Sobre o autor

LINDA CLARK is Editor Emeritus at the History of Parliament.