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A Gentry Community: Leicestershire in the 15th Century c.1422 – c.1485

Acheson, Eric

Hardback

Published: 1992

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Examines the gentry of Leicestershire as members of the social community, leaders of the government of the county, as family members and as individuals, with biographical notes on leading families.

 

Medieval Realms

Allison, Richard; Brown, Carole

Paperback

Published: 1990

Publisher: Folens

Social and political history of the Middle Ages for primary school children, with illustrations, questions and ideas for activities.

 

New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol VII: c.1415 – c.1500

Allmand, Christopher (editor)

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

New edition of the standard history of the medieval world. Sections deal with government, economic and social developments, spiritual, cultural and artistic life and the political history of individual countries (‘Lancastrian England’ by Edward Powell and ‘Yorkist and Early Tudor England’ by Rosemary Horrox).

 

Medieval Hunting

Almond, Richard

Hardback

Published: 2003

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

This book sets out to disprove some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was mainly an aristocratic and male-dominated sport. Indeed, hunting of varying kinds was enjoyed by all classes. B/W illustrations.

 

Life in Medieval England

Bagley, J J

Hardback

Published: 1960

Publisher: BT Batsford Limited

Life in castle, village, town and monastery from Hastings to Bosworth.

 

Medieval People

Bagley, J J

Hardback

Published: 1978

Publisher: BT Batsford Limited

Ten short biographies, showing how people from different social backgrounds lived and worked, including Richard Cely, Elizabeth Paston and Margaret Beaufort.

 

Tournaments: jousts, chivalry and pageants in the Middle Ages

Barber, Richard; Barker, Juliet

Hardback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

On the origins of tournaments, their problems and pageantry, tournament armour, spectacle and danger, tournaments in northwest Europe, Germany, Italy and Spain; lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white.

 

Companion to English History: Middle Ages

Barnard, Francis Pierrepont (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1902

Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press

Twelve chapters covering architecture, warfare, costume, heraldry, shipping, town life, country life, monasticism, commerce, education and art; illustrated in black and white.

 

Harlaxton Medieval Studies Vol XI: The Church and Learning in Late Medieval Society: Studies in Honour of Professor R B Dobson

Barron, Caroline M; Stratford, Jenny (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 2002

Publisher: Shaun Tyas of Donnington

These papers explore the ways in which people studied and taught within the monasteries, the cathedrals and the universities between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, the spread of learning from these traditional centres into the parishes to lay men and women is also discussed. B/W illustrations.

 

Medieval London Widows 1300-1500

Barron, Caroline M; Sutton, Anne F (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 1994

Publisher: Hambledon Press

Collection of biographies of individual widows showing how it is possible to find the details of their lives, especially as widowhood allowed them economic and legal independence.

 

Trades and Crafts in Medieval Manuscripts

Basing, Patricia

Hardback

Published: 1990

Publisher: British Library

Medieval agriculture, trade, industry and the professions are described and illustrated with many pictures, some in colour, from illuminated manuscripts.

 

England from Chaucer to Caxton

Bennett, H S

Hardback

Published: 1952 reprint of 1928 edition

Publisher: Methuen & Company Limited

Life and manners at home, in village, town and church and on the road, illustrated by extracts from contemporary prose and poetry in original spelling.

 

Life on the English Manor: a study of peasant conditions 1150-1400

Bennett, H S

Paperback

Published: 1960 reprint of 1937 edition

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Picture of the daily life of the people of rural England, very similar to their life in the 15th Century.

 

The Pastons and their England: studies in an age of Transition

Bennett, H S

Hardback

Published: 1986 reprint of 1932 2nd edition

Paperback

Published: 1991 reprint

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Everyday life in 15th Century England illustrated by extracts from the Paston Letters.

 

Life in a Medieval City illustrated by York in the Fifteenth Century

Benson, Edwin

Hardback

Published: 1920

Publisher: SPCK

Covering the buildings, the role of religion and the life of the people at work and at play.

 

Traditions and Transformations in Late Medieval England

Biggs, Douglas; Michalove, Sharon; Compton-Reeves A (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 2002

Publisher: Brill

This collection of essays are revised and extended versions of papers delivered a conference on 15th Century studies held by the American Chapter of the Society. Topics include women and religion in late-medieval East Anglia, Margaret of Anjou and the Love Day of 1458, Elizabeth Woodville and her historians, Giles Daubeney as Chamberlain to Henry VII, the badges of Henry VII, the use of gunpowder in the Wars of the Roses. B/W illustrations.

 

Medieval Death: ritual and representation

Binski, Paul

Hardback

Published: 1996

Publisher: British Museum Press

Examines pagan and Christian attitudes to death, burial and the afterlife using archaeological and art historical sources.

 

The Medieval Cookbook

Black, Maggie

Hardback

Published: 1992

Publisher: British Museum Press

Transcripts of 80 medieval recipes with versions adapted for modern cooking, accompanied by notes on medieval diet, feasting and herbal remedies; well illustrated.

 

Death in the Middle Ages: morality, judgement and remembrance

Boase, T S R

Hardback

Published: 1972

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Well-illustrated survey of the causes of death, of burial practices, monuments and memorials and of medieval man’s views of what came after death.

 

The Alien Communities of London in the 15th Century: the subsidy rolls of 1440 and 1483-4

Bolton, J L (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Richard III & Yorkist History Trust

Study of foreign immigrants: their geographical origins, their occupations and social organisation and Londoners’ attitudes to them.

 

The Medieval English Economy 1150-1500

Bolton, J L

Paperback

Published: 1988 reprint (first published in 1980)

Publisher: Dent

Clear introduction to the economic history of the period describing the population expansion and contraction, changes in agrarian society, varying fortunes of towns, industrial production, overseas trade and capital and credit.

 

Medieval English Clothmaking: an economic survey

Bridbury, A R

Hardback

Published: 1982

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Survey of all aspects of the cloth-making industry at a time when the export of ready-made cloth was becoming more important than the export of raw wool.

 

Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages

Britnell, Richard (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Five papers from the Society’s 1996 Canterbury Conference plus four others covering life in town and country, women, religious life and fashion.

 

The Medieval Idea of Marriage

Brooke, Christopher

Paperback

Published: 1991

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Study of marriage in the medieval world through the evidence of history, art, theology and literature.

 

Entertainment and Ritual 600-1600

Bucknell, Peter A

Hardback

Published: 1979

Publisher: Steiner & Bell

History of mystery and morality plays, pageantry, tournaments and country festivals.

 

Life in the Castle in Medieval England

Burke, John

Hardback

Published: 1978

Publisher: BCA

Well illustrated concise account of the rise and fall of the castle, daily life in the castle and surrounding area and of sieges and the decline of the castle.

 

The Early Tudors at Home 1485-1558

Burton, Elizabeth

Hardback

Published: 1976

Publisher: Allen Lane

Everyday life during the reigns of the first four Tudors.

 

Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain

Butler, Lionel; Given-Wilson, Chris

Hardback

Published: 1979

Publisher: Michael Joseph Limited

Introduction on the history of monastic orders in England, their buildings and daily life; with a gazetteer of 80 monastic sites giving brief histories and descriptions of the remains.

 

The Medieval Art of Love: objects and subjects of desire

Camille, Michael

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Laurence King

Explores the use of images in paintings and on beautiful objects for teaching men and women the art of love and looks at the symbolic and social settings of love and at love as an elite social code.

 

The Office and Personnel of the Post of Bridgemaster in York 1450-1499

Carpenter, C E

Typescript

Date: 1996

MA thesis, University of York

Examines the history and function of the post of Bridgemaster and the position of the bridgemasters in the civic and social hierarchy of York.

 

Locality and Polity: a study of Warwickshire landed society 1401-1499

Carpenter, Christine

Hardback

Published: 1992

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

On the nature and concerns of the gentry in Warwickshire with a chronological survey of political and social relationships among the land-owners; appendices list the local gentry.

 

Blood and Roses

Castor, Helen

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: Faber & Faber

An intimate and compelling family biography which traces the Pastons’ story across three generations, exploring their experiences of birth, marriage and death and the realities of their daily lives. Illustrated.

 

The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 – c.1450

Clark, John (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: Boydell Press, 2004

The role played by the horse in Medieval society, including horses in Medieval London. Archaeological finds and discussion on equipment used by medieval man with his horse. Illustrated.

 

Trade, Devotion and Governance: Papers in Later Medieval History

Clayton, Dorothy J; Davies, Richard G; McNiven Peter (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 1994

Publisher: Alan Sutton

A collection of essays first presented at the Conference of Recent Research in 15th Century History in Manchester in 1989.
The diverse set of topics includes patronage, status among merchants in 14th Century London, the function of the Maison Dieu, with emphasis on Yorkshire evidence; Italians in London and their influence on 15th Century trade; the recruitment of northerners for the war in France in 1415-50; when did Henry VI’s minority end?

 

Profession, Vocation and Culture in Later Medieval England: essays dedicated to the memory of A R Myers

Clough, C H (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1982

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Studies of the patronage of the visual arts, literature, education and religion by the merchant class, the episcopate and by various professions.

 

English Collegiate Churches

Cook, G H

Hardback

Published: 1959

Publisher: Phoenix House Limited

Different types of collegiate churches in the Middle Ages, including academic colleges, examples being Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. Fotheringhay is also included.

 

The English Medieval Parish Church

Cook, G H

Hardback

Published: 1970, reprint of 1954 edition

Publisher: Dent, 1970

On the origin and development of parish churches, their architecture, furnishing and decorations; illustrated with photographs and plans of many churches.

 

English Monasteries in the Middle Ages

Cook, G H

Hardback

Published: 1961

Publisher: Phoenix House Limited

On the origin and ideals of monastic life, the buildings and their functions and the various orders and their houses; illustrated with plans and photographs.

 

Medieval Chantries and Chantry Chapels

Cook, G H

Hardback

Published: 1947

Publisher: Phoenix House Limited

On different types of chantries, their origin and purpose; with descriptions of surviving examples in cathedrals, monasteries and parish churches; illustrated with photographs and plans.

 

Medieval Holidays and Festivals: a calendar of celebrations

Cosman, Madelaine Pelner

Hardback

Published: 1984

Describes medieval customs and ceremonies for each month of the year with suggestions for re-creating banquets and entertainments.

 

The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500

Coss, Peter

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Examines the position, status and image of ladies, their role within society and their relations both good and bad with their lords.

 

Life in the Middle Ages: Volume One – religion, folklore and superstition

Coulton, G G

Hardback

Published: 1910, 1928 edition in stock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Collection of extracts from medieval writers, translated into modern English, illustrating the three themes of religion, folklore and superstition.

 

Medieval Panorama: the English scene from Conquest to Reformation

Coulton, G G

Hardback

Published: 1938, 1945 reprint in stock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Survey of how people of all classes lived and thought.

 

The Medieval Village

Coulton, G G

Hardback

Published: 1925

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Old but still valuable work on the life of the peasants in the medieval period.

 

Letters of Medieval Women

Crawford, Anne (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 2002

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

A delightful book incorporating letters of women from approximately 1200 – 1500. Organised into the different subjects of the letters: husbands/lovers, sons, parents, siblings, etc, the book demonstrates clearly that women were independent and capable people who didn’t just support their husbands but played an important part in the running of their family and estate business.
Although much of the style is formal, there are phrases to be found which hint at more personal emotions behind the writing.

 

The English Abbey: its life and work in the Middle Ages

Crossley, F H

Hardback

Published: 1935, 1943 reprint in stock

Publisher: BT Batsford Limited

The monasteries: their daily life, organisation and administration and their buildings.

 

The Legacy of the Middle Ages

Crump, G C; Jacob, E F (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 1927

Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press

Covering medieval religion, art, literature, philosophy, education, law and the fabric of society and government.

 

The Hound and the Hawk: the art of medieval hunting

Cummins, John

Hardback

Published: 1988

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Detailed description of hunting and hawking with the appropriate methods for each animal or bird and the various rituals and symbolism explained.

 

Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages

Curry, Anne; Matthew, Elizabeth (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 2000

Publisher: The Boydell Press

A collection of essays taken from a conference held at the University of Reading in September 1998. Subjects include service and serfdom 1350-1500, preparation for service in the medieval church, graduate careers, household retinue of Henry V, English Crown, provinces and dominions in the 15th Century, the civil service in 15th Century France, ducal servants, service and tenure in late medieval Scotland 1314-1475.

 

Gentlemen Errant: being the journeys and adventures of four noblemen in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries

Cust, Mrs Henry

Hardback

Published: 1909

Published: John Murray

Includes Lev of Rozmital’s visit to England in 1466.

 

Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages

Cutts, Rev Edward L

Hardback

Published: 1872

Publisher: Virtue & Company Limited

Essays on the life of the religious, knights, minstrels and merchants, with woodcuts based on contemporary illustrations.

 

Death and Burial in Medieval England 1066-1550

Daniell, Christopher

Hardback

Published: 1997

Publisher: Routledge

Uses historical, archaeological and literary sources to examine beliefs and procedures relating to death and burial.

 

Growing up in the Middle Ages

Davies, Penelope

Hardback

Published: 1972

Publisher: Wayland Publishers (Eye Witness Series)

Aimed at children. Covers all aspects of growing up, home life, schools and learning, noble children, apprentices, country children, recreation and entertainment.

 

Crime in Medieval Europe

Dean, Trevor

Hardback

Published: 2001

Publisher: Longman

Drawing on real life stories of ordinary men and women who often found themselves on the sharp end of the law, this book provides a fascinating insight into the history of victims, criminals and their punishment.

 

The History of Childhood

DeMause, Lloyd (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 1976

Published: Souvenir Press

Includes: ‘The Middleclass Child in Urban Italy 14th to early 16th Centuries’ and ‘The Child as Beginning and End: 15th and 16th Century English Childhood’.

 

England in the Fifteenth Century

Denton, Rev William

Hardback

Published: 1888

Publisher: George Bell & Sons

Social history, dealing with the conditions of the people, agriculture, travel, the nobility, etc.

 

The Making of Early and Medieval Britain: life and work to the close of the Middle Ages

Derry, T K and Blakeway, M G

Paperback

Published: 1968, 1973 edition in stock

Publisher: John Murray

Brief survey from the earliest inhabitants to the 15th Century, with sections on the manor, the town and the church.

 

The Church, Politics and Patronage in the Fifteenth Century

Dobson, Barrie (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1984

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Ten papers from a colloquium at the University of York in 1982 on the role of the church in late medieval society and state.

 

An Age of Ambition: English Society in the Late Middle Ages

Du Boulay, F R H

Hardback

Published: 1970

Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Limited

Changes in the economy brought changes in the class system, family life, and in attitudes towards authority and religion.

 

The Stripping of the Altars: traditional religion in England c.1400-c.1500

Duffy, Eamonn

Paperback

Published: 1992

Publisher: Yale University

Religious beliefs and practices of the late medieval ‘man in the pew’ and the changes brought by the break with Rome.

 

Royal Tombs of Medieval England

Duffy, Mark

Paperback

Published: 2003

Publisher: Tempus Publishing

A comprehensive guide to the ritual and mysticism which surrounded royal burials and which was so important to the medieval mind. Explanation of what medieval tombs show about the status and attitudes of the people buried in them. The book brings to life the beliefs, passion and individuality behind medieval death rites. Illustrated.

 

Courts, Counties and the Capital in the Later Middle Ages

Dunn, Diana E S (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1996

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Ten essays from a conference at Chester in 1994 on the themes of relations between local and central government and the court as the centre of culture and learning.

 

Everyday Life in Medieval England

Dyer, Christopher

Hardback

Published: 1994

Publisher: Hambledon Press

Fifteen essays reprinted from various sources on settlement, standards of living, social relations and trade, mainly 13th to 15th centuries.

 

Making a Living in the Middle Ages: the people of Britain 850-1520

Dyer, Christopher

Paperback

Published: 2003

Publisher: Penguin

Medieval economy and how people earned an income in the Middle Ages, covering towns, commerce, industry and trade.

 

Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: social change in England c.1200-1520

Dyer, Christopher

Paperback

Published: 1989, 1993 edition in stock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Looking at all levels of society from the nobility through town dwellers to peasants and paupers, this book examines how they obtained their income and how they spent it.

 

Harlaxton Medieval Studies Vol IX: Family and Dynasty in Late Medieval England

Eales, Richard; Tyas, Shaun (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 2003

Publisher: Shaun Tyas

The papers in this book consider the aspirations and ideologies of royal and aristocratic families but also those of merchant and clerical families and the gentry. They explore how families stood together in times of adversity and the speed with which they rose to favour, only to fall as quickly. Individuals’ loyalty to the family is also explored, as is families’ to each other or to their class or king.

 

The Medieval Soldier: 15th century campaign life recreated in colour photographs

Embleton, Gerry; Howe, John

Hardback

Published: 1994

Publisher: Windrow Greene

The life of a medieval soldier shown in colour photos of accurate re-constructions covering costume, weaponry, camp life, etc.

 

The Death of Kings: Royal Deaths in Medieval England

Evans, Michael

Hardback

Published: 2003

Publisher: Hambledon & London

In this book Michael Evans gives an account of what is known about the deaths of all medieval English kings – natural, violent or accidental. He describes how contemporaries and later writers drew morals from such deaths and about the characters of individual kings, giving their deaths an imagery and symbolism lasting until the present day. Much fascinating detail is included plus personal information about the characters and attitudes of English kings and queens, giving an insight into the core of medieval society. B/W illustrations.

 

The Age of Plantagenet and Valois

Fowler, Kenneth

Hardback

Published: 1967, 1980 edition in stock

Publisher: Ferndale

Large format, well-illustrated survey of the Hundred Years War and the struggle for supremacy in Europe 1328-1498, the social and economic effects of the war, court patronage and the arts.

 

Peasants and Landlords in Later Medieval England

Fryde, E B

Paperback

Published: 1999

Publisher: Sutton

Social history looking at life through the eyes of both landlord and peasant. Overview of the decline of serfdom.

 

The Royal Bastards of Medieval England

Given-Wilson, Chris; Curteis, Alice

Paperback

Published: 1984

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul

On sexual and marital customs and the changing status of royal bastards, with brief biographies of some of them.

 

‘Woman is a Worthy Wight’: women in English society circa 1200-1500

Goldberg, P J P (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1992

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Collection of eight essays on the role of women, covering marriage, work, estate management and piety.

 

Women, Work and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: women in York and Yorkshire c. 1300-1520

Goldberg, P J P

Hardback

Published: 1992

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Surveys the role of women in the economy and the part that marriage played in their lives.

 

Youth in the Middle Ages

Goldberg, P J P; Riddy, Felicity

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: The York Medieval Press

A collection of essays covering childhood and youth in the Middle Ages.

 

The Place of the Dead: Death and Remembrance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Gordon, Bruce; Marshal, Peter (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 2000

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

A collection of essays concerning medieval attitudes to the dead. Individually the essays cover concerns such as the significance of the Black Death, the impact of the Protestant and Catholic reformations and interactions between the ‘elite’ and ‘popular’ culture. Social and cultural attitudes towards to the dead across Europe are explored by the various contributors, providing an insight into the way past societies understood themselves. B/W illustrations.

 

Two Families in the Wars of the Roses

Goyder, Rosemary

Paperback

Published: 1974

Publisher: Longman (Then and There Series)

Aimed at children. Story of the Pastons and the Stonors illustrates life in the late 15th Century.

 

Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306-1469 (Vol 3 in the ‘New History of Scotland’)

Grant, Alexander

Paperback

Published: 1984

Publisher: Edward Arnold

The evolution of a distinctively Scottish government, nobility, church and economy.

 

Town Life in the Fifteenth Century (2 Vols)

Green, Mrs J R

Hardback

Published: 1894

Publisher: Macmillan & Company Limited

Old but still useful account of town life and governance; includes chapters on the tailors guild of Exeter and the town councils of Southampton, Nottingham, Norwich, Lynn and Sandwich.

 

The Premonstratensian Order in Late Medieval England

Gribben, Joseph A

Typescript

Dated: 1998

PhD thesis, University of Cambridge

History of English white canons and their way of life, based mainly on records of visitations by Bishop Richard Redman.

 

Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces in Later Medieval England

Griffiths, Ralph A (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1981

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Eight papers from a symposium at University College Swansea in 1979, including studies of rumour, propaganda and public opinion, 15th Century queens, and patronage in the towns and in the church.

 

The Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses

Hallam, Elizabeth (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1988

Publisher: Weidenfield & Nicolson/Guild Publishing

Extracts from contemporary accounts of events 1377-1485 (spelling modernised) with 100 short essays, giving background
information on people, politics, social and artistic history; large format, lavishly illustrated volume.

 

Food and Feast in Medieval England

Hammond, Peter William

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1993 Hardback, 1995 Paperback

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Well-illustrated survey of food production, preparation and consumption at different levels of society from peasant fare to the feasts of the nobility. Also covers nutrition and the adulteration of food.

 

Growing up in Medieval London: the experience of childhood in history

Hanawalt, Barbara A

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1993 Hardback, 1995 Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Uses material from court records, literary sources, etc to describe childhood and adolescence in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
Includes stories of fictional children’s lives based on archival sources.

 

The Ties that Bound: peasant families in medieval England

Hanawalt, Barbara A

Paperback

Published: 1986

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Vivid picture of the family and community life of medieval peasants, with new evidence from the records of coroners’ inquests.

 

City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe

Hanawalt, Barbara A; Reyerson, Kathryn L (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1994

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Essays on ceremonies as statements of political power, as pleas for divine intervention and as expressions of popular culture, with examples from England, Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands.

 

The Celys and their World: an English merchant family of the fifteenth century

Hanham, Alison

Hardback

Published: 1985

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Cely family, the wool trade, medieval housekeeping, shipping, etc are illuminated through copious extracts from the Cely papers.

 

The Pre-Reformation Church in England 1400-1530

Harper-Bill, Christopher

Paperback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Longman, (Seminar Studies in History Series)

Concise introduction to the Church: bishops, clergy, religious orders, canon law, religious belief and practice; with an appendix of documents in modern spelling.

 

Life and Work of the People of England: a pictorial record from contemporary sources – 15th Century

Hartley, Dorothy; Elliott, M M

Hardback

Published: 1925

Publisher: BT Batsford

150 illustrations from 15th century sources show life at that period.

 

Living and Dying in England 1100-1540: the monastic experience (The Ford Lectures 1989)

Harvey, Barbara

Paperback

Published: 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Account of daily life in the Abbey at Westminster, covering the monks’ charitable practices, their food and drink, their illnesses and deaths, their servants and corrodians and also throwing light on secular society.

 

The Dependent Cells of the Benedictine Monasteries of Medieval England: 1066-1540

Heal, Martin

Dissertation for the DPhil, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

Date: 2001

Detailed study of daughter houses and independent cells of monasteries during the Middle Ages: their make up and relationship with mother house and neighbours, daily routine, their economy, constitution and finally their dissolution under Henry VIII.

 

The Pastons in Medieval Britain (History Eye Witness Series)

Heinemann

Hardback

Published: 1993

Publisher: Heinemann

Aimed at children. A colourfully illustrated book depicting life during the Wars of the Roses, quoting excerpts from the Paston Letters to give a flavour of the time.

 

Medieval Households

Herlihy, David

Paperback

Published: 1985

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Traces the growth of the concept of the family as a household unit and the changes in marriage and the relationship between parents and children.

 

Bastard Feudalism

Hicks, Michael

Paperback

Published: 1995

Publisher: Longman

New examination of the relationship between a lord and his household and retainers, its legality, how it operated in peace and war, in politics and local government and its demise in the 17th Century.

 

An Ordinance of Pottage: an edition of the 15th century culinary recipes in Yale University MS Beineck 163

Hietatt, Constance B (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Prospect Books

The recipes are transcribed in original spelling with a commentary and versions adapted for modern cooks.

 

England in the Age of Caxton

Hindley, Geoffrey

Hardback

Published: 1979

Publisher: Granada

A portrait of the age based on the comments, notebooks and account books of those who lived through it.

 

Stir Htt Well: a book of medieval refinements, recipes and remedies from a manuscript in Samuel Pepy’s library (Introduction by Delia Smith)

Hodgett, G A J (editor)

Hardback

Undated

Publisher: Mary Martin Books

Facsimile of the manuscript with transcription in modernised English: miscellany of recipes, charms, cures, household tips, hawking terms, etc.

 

Medieval Pageant

Holme, Brian

Hardback

Published: 1987

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Large format, with full-colour reproductions of illustrations from manuscripts and paintings showing the pageantry of royal occasions, tournaments, feasts, etc.

 

Fifteenth Century Attitudes: perceptions of society in late medieval England

Horrox, Rosemary (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1994

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Twelve essays, most given at the Society’s conference at York in 1990, on how different social groups saw themselves and were seen by others, on attitudes to the law, to the power of the ruler, to science, to education, to service, to religion and to death.

 

Fifteenth Century England

Hunt, Percival

Hardback

Published: 1962

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Presenting the life of ordinary people, and important ones, through quotations from contemporary documents.

 

The Palaces of Medieval England c. 1050-1550: royalty, nobility, the episcopate and their residences from Edward the Confessor to Henry VIII

James, Thomas Beaumont

Hardback

Published: 1990

Publisher: Seaby

Palace living and an illustrated chronological survey of the palaces of the great.

 

The Collegiate Churches of England and Wales

Jeffrey, Paul

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: Robert Hale

A comprehensive guide to collegiate churches to be found in England and Wales. Colleges of priests were as important as monasteries in the medieval period and from them derived many of the older academic colleges we know today. In this book Paul Jeffery traces the history of these colleges from their origins in the Anglo Saxon period to their decline under Henry VIII.
He also covers individually the history and architecture of every example still standing. Illustrated.

 

Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

Jones, Terry; Ereira, Alan

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: BBC Books

The lively accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, this book sets out to debunk all those popular misconceptions held about the Middle Ages and to portray a vibrant society teeming with individuality, intrigue and innovation. Illustrated.

 

English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages: XIVth Century

Jusserand, J J

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1889 Hardback and University Paperbacks, 1961 Paperback

Publisher: T Fisher Unwin

Social history of roads and of lay and religious travellers.

 

English Society in the Later Middle Ages 1348-1500 (Penguin Social History of Britain)

Keen, Maurice

Hardback

Published: 1990

Publisher: Allen Lane, the Penguin Press

Covers life in town and country, life of the nobility and the clerics, popular religion, the spread of literacy and the changes initiated by the Black Death.

 

Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages

Keen, Maurice

Hardback

Published: 1996

Publisher: The Hambledon Press

Collection of fourteen essays on the ideas of chivalry and the reality of warfare, military and heraldic law, tournaments, etc.

 

Origins of the English Gentleman: Heraldry, Chivalry and Gentility in Medieval England, c.1300-c.1500

Keen, Maurice

Paperback

Published: 2002

Publisher: Tempus Publishing

Maurice Keen explores how the definition of ‘gentleman’ slowly evolved throughout the late Middle Ages so that by the Renaissance it was not just knights and those who fought who could gain that title but lawyers, administrators and successful merchants. This reflected the changes in society and who was dominant in that society and these changes shaped the original idea of gentility which had a powerful influence on English social attitudes far beyond the Middle Ages. Illustrated.

 

The Medieval Realms

Kelly, Nigel

Paperback

Published: 1991

Publisher: Heinemann Educational, (Heinemann History Study Units)

Social and political history of the Middle Ages for primary school children, with illustrations, questions and ideas for
activities.

 

The Yorkist Age: daily life during the Wars of the Roses

Kendall, Paul Murray

Hardback

Published: 1962 & 1967

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Limited

Sections on the Mayor, other important people, the Household, and the Wars of the Roses.

 

Medieval Merchants: York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages

Kermode, Jenny

Paperback

Published: 2002

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Explores the lives, work and attitudes of merchants living in these northern towns during the later Middle Ages, analysing their achievements in politics, attitudes towards religion, the family, wider network of friends and business acquaintances and the nature of the conduct of trade at every level.

 

Barley Hall: a day in a medieval town house

Kightly, Charles

Paperback

Published: 1997

Publisher: Wayland

Children’s book, describing a day in the life of the Snawsell family and their servants at Barley Hall in York in 1468, illustrated in colour.

 

Prejudice and Promise in 15th Century England

Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge

Hardback

Published: 1962 facsimile reprint of 1925 edition

Publisher: Frank Cass & Co Limited

The 1923 Ford Lectures: on 15th century history in Shakespeare’s plays, on private letters, on social life, on piracy, on London and on the Duke of Suffolk.

 

Medieval Travellers: The Rich and Restless

Labarge, Margaret Wade

Hardback

Published: 1982

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton

The upper class travellers and the business of travelling are described, as well as their reasons for travelling: religion, politics, adventure, amusement or social contact. The importance of maintaining one’s position in the social hierarchy and its effect on travelling, whether alive or dead, is discussed, and individual accounts are given, using personal reports, chroniclers’ notices and financial accounts from across Europe.

 

Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance

Lacroix, Paul

Hardback

Published: circa 1874

Publisher: Bickers & Son

Covering all aspects of war and chivalry, and of religion from the liturgy and the clergy to charitable institutions and burial practices. Fully illustrated with engravings based on contemporary art.

 

Conflict and Stability in 15th Century England

Lander, J R

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1969 Hardback & Paperback, 1977 Paperback

Publisher: Hutchinson University Library

Account of certain aspects of 15th century life, illustrating the author’s view that it was a period of prosperity despite the civil wars.

 

Government and Community: England 1450-1509

Lander, J R

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1980

Publisher: Edward Arnold, (New History of England, Vol 1)

Covers both government and society and political history.

 

The Medieval Garden

Landsberg, Sylvia

Hardback

Published: 1996

Publisher: British Museum Press

Based on contemporary documents and illustrations, it describes different types of medieval gardens, the plants grown and the gardening procedures. Also describes recreations of six medieval gardens, with hints on making your own.

 

The Middle Ages

Lane, Peter

Hardback

Published: 1977

Publisher: BT Batsford Limited

Aimed at children. Covers all aspects of medieval life, from the monarchy down to the peasant, including manor, church and town life. Gives suggestions for further research in the form of little exercises. B/W illustrations.

 

The Billesdon Award

Lang, Jennifer

Hardback

Published: 1984

Publishers: The Skinners and Merchant Taylors Companies

Illustrated booklet commemorating Mayor Billesdon’s settling of a dispute over precedence between the Skinners’ and the Merchant Taylor’s Companies in 1484.

 

Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500

Leyser, Henrietta

Paperback

Published: 2002

Publisher: Phoenix Press

Covering a thousand years of history, this book considers the problems and attitudes affecting women. Contemporary views on sex, marriage and motherhood plus work experience and life as a widow, for women of all classes. The intellectual and spiritual worlds of women are also explored.

 

Women in Urban Society in the 14th and 15th Centuries with particular reference to those of Middle Rank

MacDonald, Mairi R

Typescript

Dated: 1972

Study covering women’s education, marriage, work and position in society.

 

The Nobility of Later Medieval England: the Ford Lectures for 1953 and related studies

McFarlane, K B

Hardback

Published: 1973

Publishers: Oxford at the Clarendon Press

On the life, education and finances of the English nobility, also their rates of extinction and recruitment.

 

The English at Play in the Middle Ages

McLean, Teresa

Hardback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins

Describes monastic gardens, town gardens and castle and palace gardens and what was grown in them.

 

Landed Society in the Far North-West of England c.1332-1461

Marsh, John Patrick

Typescript

Dated: 2000

Dissertation for DPhil, University of Lancaster

In-depth study of landed society in the north-west of England. Definition of the region and the make-up of landed society within that region.

 

Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages

Martin, Rebecca

Paperback

Published: 1985

Publisher: The Cleveland Museum of Art

Catalogue for an exhibition on textiles in the Middle Ages at The Cleveland Museum of Art in early 1985 with an introduction
to the subject.

 

Medieval Realms 1066-1500

Mason, James

Hardback

Published: 1991

Publisher: Longmans Sense of History Series

Social and political history of the Middle Ages for primary school children, with illustrations, questions and ideas for activities.

 

Medieval Women and the Law

Menuge, Noel James (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 2000

Publisher: The Boydell Press

Collection of essays covering all aspects of women in society and how the law protected them, and their knowledge and use of it.

 

The English Noble Household 1250-1600: good governance and politic rule

Mertes, Kate

Hardback

Published: 1988

Publisher: Basil Blackwell

Study of the organisation, membership and economic, political and social role of the households of the nobility and higher churchmen.

 

The Secular Spirit: life and art at the end of the Middle Ages

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Paperback

Published: 1975

Publisher: EP Dutton and co. inc. New York

Detailed, well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of objects of everyday life from c. 1300 to 1550.

 

Estrangement, Enterprise and Education in 15th Century England

Michalove, Sharon D; Reeves, A Compton (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Papers from a conference organised by the American Branch of the Society in 1995 on the hazards and opportunities of public and private service in an age of civil strife, and on the education of women.

 

The Spring Voyage: the Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1458

Mitchell, R J

Hardback

Published: 1965

Publisher: John Murray

Account of a pilgrimage from Venice to Jerusalem, compiled from the travel diaries of some of the pilgrims.

 

England in the later Middle Ages 1307-1536

Myers, A R

Paperback

Published: 1952, 2nd edition 1963 in stock

Publisher: Pelican History of England

Concise history of the period covering both social and political aspects.

 

Medieval Families: Perspectives on Marriage, Household and Children

Neel, Carol (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: The University of Toronto Press

This book comprises essays by historians, art historians and literary scholars and covers social structures and functions and emotional characteristics of families in the Middle Ages. Presented in chronological order, topics covered include: surrogacy, choosing a partner, domestic ideals and social behaviour, incest and child abandonment.

 

English Schools in the Middle Ages

Orme, Nicholas

Hardback

Published: 1973

Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited

History of education and schools, both secular and religious, changes in the curriculum and the rise of literacy. Includes a list of (secular) schools founded 1066-1530.

 

From Childhood to Chivalry: the education of the English kings and aristocracy 1066-1530

Orme, Nicholas

Hardback

Published: 1984

Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited

Comprehensive study of the homelife, upbringing and education of the children of kings, nobles and gentry.

 

Medieval Children

Orme, Nicholas

Hardback

Published: 2001

Publisher: Yale University Press

Comprehensive study of the birth, childhood, homelife, upbringing and education of children of from all walks of life.

 

The Common Stream: 2000 years of the English village

Parker, Rowland

Paperback

Published: 1976

Publisher: Granada Publishing, 1976

Story of the birth and growth of a village (based on Foxton, Cambridgeshire) and of village life. Much of the book is on the medieval period.

 

Medieval Mothering

Parsons, John Carmie and Wheeler, Bonnie (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 1996

Publisher: Garland Publishing

A diverse collection of essays on the concept and reality of motherhood at all levels in the Middle Ages. Pregnant queens, Icelandic witches, abbesses, royal and aristocratic mothers, literary maternity, surrogate motherhood and even ‘maternal’ fathers are covered in this book. An interdisciplinary approach is given to the subject, providing something for everyone with any interest in medieval women or gender studies.

 

In a Monastery Garden

Peplow, Elizabeth; Peplow, Reginald

Hardback

Published: 1988

Publisher: David and Charles

Attractively illustrated history of gardens attached to religious houses and the plants they grew for food, drink and medicinal purposes; with some recipes and a guide to monastery gardens to visit.

 

Dress in the Middle Ages (translated from the French by Caroline Beamish)

Poponnier, Francoise and Mane, Perrine

Hardback

Published: 1997

Publisher: Yale University Press

Social history of costume: what clothes were made of and why; where materials came from and the different clothes according to age, sex, status and profession.

 

The Woman, the Parish, the City and her Will: an analysis of female testamentary evidence from two London parishes, All Hallows London Wall and St Lawrence Jewry, 1416-1558

Plager, Deborah S

Typescript

Dated: 1997

University of Reading MA thesis

Uses wills to study the differences between two London parishes and the lives, piety and economic status of some of their female parishioners.

 

The English Medieval Town

Platt, Colin

Hardback

Published: 1976

Publisher: BCA

Well-illustrated study of the growth and characteristics of towns in medieval England.

 

Medieval England: a social history and archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD

Platt, Colin

Hardback

Published: 1978

Published: BCA

Well-illustrated, broadly chronological survey, combining insights from both history and archaeology.

 

The Wars of the Roses

Pollard, A J (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 1995

Publisher: Macmillan Problems in Focus serie

Nine essays shedding new light on the sources, origins and effects of the Wars of the Roses, the personalities involved, and the political, religious and cultural background.

 

Medieval People

Power, Eileen

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1924 Hardback & 1938 Paperback

Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited

Illustrates aspects of social history through the lives of actual people, including a prioress, a 14th Century Paris housewife, a 15th Century merchant of the Staple and an Essex clothier in the reign of Henry VII.

 

Medieval Women (Edited by M M Postan)

Power, Eileen

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1975

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Essays on the position, education and lives of gentlewomen, working women and nuns.

 

The Wool Trade in English Medieval History

Power, Eileen

Hardback

Published: 1942

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Ford Lectures of 1939: covering sheep farming and wool production, and the development and organisation of the wool trade.

 

Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England

Rawcliife, Carole

Hardback

Published: 1995

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Examines the development and practice of medieval medicine, covering the prevalence of death and disease, the treatments used and the practitioners – physicians, surgeons and apothecaries.

 

Medieval Women in Southern England (reading Medieval Studies Vol 15)

Reading University

Paperback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Reading University

Five essays including ones on women as executrices of wills, women in London and the Howard and De Vere women as victims of attainder.

 

Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England

Reeves, Compton

Hardback

Published: 1995

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Survey of how medieval people used their leisure time – including the arts, sports and games, food and drink, religion.

 

Purveyors and Purveyance (Anthroscience Minigraph Series)

Reeves, Compton

Paperback

Published: 1993

Publisher: Foundations Press of Notre Dame

A-Z listing with descriptions and dates in office of the purveyors (ie suppliers of goods and services to the royal household) from Henry IV to Richard III.

 

The Medieval Monastery

Reeves, Marjorie

Paperback

Published: 1982

Publisher: Longmans Then and There Series

Describes daily life for medieval Benedictine monks, focusing on Rievaulx Abbey and Fountains Abbey.

 

Take a Thousand Eggs or More: a collection of fifteenth century recipes 2 volumes

Renfrow, Cindy

Spiral Bound Paperback

Published: 1998

Printed in USA

Recipes previously published in Two 15th Century Cookery Books, edited by T Austin and published by the Early English Text Society in 1888. Vol 1 gives the recipes in original spelling then in modernised spelling with versions adapted for modern cooking. Vol 2 has more recipes but without modern cooking instructions.

 

England in the Fifteenth Century: proceedings of the 1992 Harlaxton Symposium

Rogers, Nicholas (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1994

Published: Paul Watkins Publishing

Fifteen papers on the religious, social and artistic history of the 15th Century.

 

Nobles and the Noble Life 1295-1500

Rosenthal, Joel T

Hardback

Published: 1976

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin

Extracts, in modernised spelling, from a variety of official documents reflecting all aspects of aristocratic life and behaviour.

 

Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth Century England

Rosenthal, Joel T

Hardback

Published: 1991

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Study of different family structures and organisation, eg fathers and sons, horizontal families, family networks, widowhood.
Families studied include the Scropes of Bolton and the family of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.

 

The Purchase of Paradise: gift giving and the aristocracy 1307-1485

Rosenthal, Joel T

Hardback

Published: 1972

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul

Study of aristocratic charity: money for prayers, setting up chantries and other foundations, and other benevolent donations in wills.

 

Everyday Life in Medieval Times

Rowling, Marjorie

Hardback

Published: BT Batsford 1968, hardback, and Dorset Press, 1987, hardback

Describes the life of people of all classes and occupations.

 

Everyday Life of Medieval Travellers

Rowling, Marjorie

Hardback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Dorset Press

Journeys on land and sea, by every sort of traveller from kings to outlaws, merchants to pilgrims, craftsmen to entertainers.

 

Medieval English Medicine

Rubin, Stanley

Hardback

Published: 1974

Publisher: David & Charles

Survey of diseases and treatment, physicians and surgeons and medical practice.

 

Street Life in Medieval England

Salusbury, G T

Hardback

Published: 1948 (first published in 1939)

Publisher: Pen in Hand

On the repair of the streets, traffic problems, street cleaning and law and order.

 

Building in England down to 1540: A Documentary History

Salzman, L F

Hardback

Published: 1997

Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press

History of building and building techniques, tools and organisations. Original documents as illustrations.

 

England in Tudor Times: an account of its social life and industries

Salzman, L F

Hardback

Published: 1926, 1933 re-issue in stock

Publisher: BT Batsford Limited

Covering life in the country, in the town and in the home, the church and adventure by land and sea.

English Life in the Middle Ages

Salzman, L F

Hardback

Published: 1927

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Covering life in the country, the town and at home, the church, education, literature, art and science, warfare, law and order.

 

English Trade in the Middle Ages

Salzman, L F

Hardback

Published: 1931

Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1931, hardback

On the tools of trade, eg money and weights and measures, centres of trade, distribution of goods and exports and imports.

 

To the King’s Taste: Richard II’s (sic) book of feasts and recipes, adapted for modern cooking

Sass, Lorna J (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1975

Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medieval recipes with versions for modern cooking.

 

Age of Chivalry: art and society in late medieval England

Saul, Nigel (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1992

Publisher: Collins & Brown

Nine essays on the artefacts of the period (13th and 14th Centuries), the society in which they were produced, the patrons who commissioned them and the ideals which inspired them.

 

English Court Culture in the Later Middle Ages

Scattergood, V J; Sherborne, J W (Editors)

Hardback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Duckworth

Ten papers from a seminar on whether the culture of late medieval England was a product of the court: covering education, patronage, crusades, architecture, paintings, manuscripts, literature and music.

 

The Vivendier: a 15th century French cookery manuscript

Scully, Terence (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 1997

Publisher: Prospect Books

Transcription and translation of 66 recipes with a detailed commentary.

 

Childhood in the Middle Ages

Shahar, Shulamith

Hardback

Published: 1990

Publisher: Routledge

Study of family life and attitudes to children in all levels of society and the stages of childhood through birth, child-rearing and education.

 

Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages (Pelican History of the Church Vol 2)

Southern, R W

Paperback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Penguin Books

A history of the medieval church and how it interacted with medieval society, concentrating on the social mechanisms of religious change during this period. The period covers 700 to 1520 and subjects include the Papacy, divisions in Christendom, the church order and religious orders. Charts and maps.

 

The English Medieval Minstrel

Southworth, John

Hardback

Published: 1989

Publisher: The Boydell Press

History of minstrels and other entertainers from early days until the 15th and 16th Centuries.

 

Malleus Maleficarum: the hammer of witches (Translated by Montague Summers and edited with an introduction by Pennethorne Hughes)

Sprenger, Jacobus; Kramer, Heinrich

Hardback

Published: 1968

Publisher: Folio Society

One of the classic texts describing witchcraft and how to combat it, first published in 1486.

 

The Archaeology of Medieval England and Wales

Steane, John

Hardback

Published: 1985

Publisher: Croom Helm Limited

Shows how the surviving remains of buildings can extend our knowledge of medieval government, fortifications, religion,
communications, towns, countryside, housing, etc.

 

Men and Women of Plantagenet England

Stuart, Dorothy Margaret

Hardback

Published: 1932

Publisher: George G Harrap & Company Limited

Account of the lives of medieval people: knights and squires, peasants, craftsmen, merchants, priests, monks and nuns and women.

 

Pilgrimage: an image of medieval religion

Sumption, Jonathan

Hardback

Published: 1975

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Medieval people on pilgrimage: who, where, why and how?

 

I sing of a Maiden: The Story of the Maiden of the Mercers’ Company

Sutton, Anne F

Paperback

Published: 1997

Publisher: The Mercers Company

History of the use of The Maiden as an emblem by the Mercers’ Company.

 

A Merchant Family of Coventry, London and Calais: The Tates, c.1450-1515

Sutton, Anne F

Paperback

Published: 1998

Publisher: The Mercers Company

History of the Tate Family in the late 15th Century and early 16th Century.

 

The Hours of Richard III

Sutton, Anne F; Visser-Fuchs, Livia

Hardback

Published: 1990

Publisher: Alan Sutton for Richard III & Yorkist History Trust

Detailed examination into Richard III’s Book of Hours – the manuscript and ownership – with analysis into its contents and the light it sheds on Richard’s own piety.

 

Richard III’s Books: ideals and reality in the life and library of a medieval prince

Sutton, Anne F; Visser-Fuchs, Livia

Hardback

Published: 1997

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

Detailed examination of the books owned by Richard III, giving insights into his character and interests, and also into the culture and reading habits of his time. Also looks at book production and circulation, and the books owned by his parents, by Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret of Burgundy.

 

Medieval Artisans: an urban class in late medieval England

Swanson, Heather

Hardback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Basil Blackwell

Study of the trades of victualling, textiles, clothing, leather, metalwork and building and the relationship between artisans and
the merchant class.

 

The book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry (with an introduction by D B Windham Lewis)

Taylor, G S (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1930

Publisher: John Hamilton Limited

The Knight’s book of instructions for his daughters, with examples from scripture, the classics and contemporary tales;
spelling modernised.

 

Woman in Yorkist England

Tempelton, Darlene

Hardback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Ide House, Inc.

Brief study of women at all levels of society covering childhood, education, marriage and daily life.

 

Towns and Townspeople in the Fifteenth Century

Thomson, John A F (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1998

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Nine papers from a conference at Glasgow University in 1986, mainly on urban history topics.

 

The Transformation of Medieval England 1370-1529

Thomson, John A F

Paperback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Longmans Foundations of Modern Britain Series

Covering environment and economy, the nation of England, politics, government and the church and education, with useful
statistical appendices.

 

Cheshire and the Tudor State: 1480-1560

Thornton, Tim (editor)

Hardback

Published: 2000

Publisher: The Boydell Press, Studies in History New Series

Political and economic history of the Palatinate of Chester in the late 15th and early 16th Centuries.

 

Social Attitudes and Political Structures in the Fifteenth Century

Thornton, Tim (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 2000

Publisher: Sutton Publishing, Fifteenth Century Series No. 7

Collection of essays giving an overview of English society in the fifteenth century, the influence of the Church and the interaction of monarchy with Parliament and the regions.

 

The Merchant Class of Medieval London 1300-1500

Thrupp, Sylvia L

Paperback

Published: 1948, 1962 paperback in stock

Publisher: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, The University of Michigan Press

Scholarly study of London merchants, their daily lives and economic and social position.

 

Illustrated English Social History, Vol 1: Chaucer’s England and the early Tudors

Trevelyan, G M

Paperback

Published: 1942, 1964 paperback in stock

Publisher: Pelican

The history of a people with the politics left out, illustrated in black and white.

 

The Knight and the Merchant

Uden, Grant

Hardback

Published: 1965

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Outlines the contrasting careers of Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers and William Caxton which cover many aspects of medieval society.

 

Women in the Medieval Town (Translated from the German by Shila Marnie)

Uitz, Erika

Hardback (missing at present)

Published: 1990

Publisher: Barrie and Jenkins?

Research on the Continent shows women town dwellers fighting for education, a voice in political and religious affairs and more rights in trade and within the family. Lavishly illustrated mainly from Continental sources.

 

The Medieval Scene 787-1485

Unstead, R J

Hardback

Published: 1970

Publisher:  A&C Black Limited, (England: a history in four books –Book One)

Social and political history for primary school children. Illustrated in colour.

 

Years of the Sword: a pictorial history 1300-1485

Unstead, R J

Hardback

Published: 1972

Publisher: Macdonald

Social and political history for primary school children. Illustrated in colour.

 

Illustrated Letters of the Paston family: Private Life in the 15th Century

Virgoe, Roger (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Selection of letters, in modernised spelling, interspersed with short essays on 15th Century life, people, social history, etc. Lavishly illustrated.

 

Private Life in the 15th Century: Illustrated Letters of the Paston family

Virgoe, Roger (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1989

Publisher: Macmillan London Limited

Selection of letters, in modernised spelling, interspersed with short essays on 15th Century life, people, social history, etc. Lavishly illustrated.

 

English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages

Ward, Jennifer C

Paperback

Published: 1992

Studies of noblewomen as daughters and heiresses, wives and mothers, widows in charge of their estates and as religious benefactors.

 

Women of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500

Ward, Jennifer C (Translator and Editor)

Paperback

Published: 1995

Collection of extracts from contemporary documents (in modern spelling) illustrating the lives and roles of noblewomen within their families, their households and their communities.

 

King Richard’s Gloucester: Life in a medieval town

Waters, Gwen

Paperback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Gloucester Reprints

Describes secular and religious life in Gloucester at the time when Richard III granted a charter to the city.

 

The Golden Age of Richard III: an exhibition on the twin themes of Richard III and the medieval town

Watkins, Malcolm

Hardback & Paperback

Published: 1983

Detailed catalogue of the exhibition at Gloucester City Museum in 1983.

 

The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England

Wheatley, Abigail

Hardback

Published: 2004

Publisher: York Medieval Press

Evidence from contemporary literature and art reveals the castle’s place at the heart of medieval culture, as an architecture of ideas every bit as sophisticated as the church architecture of the period. Colour plates.

 

England in the Fifteenth Century: proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium

Williams, Daniel (Editor)

Hardback

Published: 1987

Publisher: The Boydell Press

Twenty-three papers on a variety of literary, art historical, biographical and political history topics.

 

Life in Tudor England

Williams, Penry

Hardback

Published: 1964 & 1969

Publisher: Batsford Puttnam

Everyday life of every class of society during a period of great change from the England of the Yorkists to the Elizabethan era.

 

Women and Religion in Medieval England

Wood, Diana (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 2003

Publisher: Oxbow Books

These papers discuss the religious devotion and spiritual life of medieval women from all classes, not just the religious orders and aristocracy. They consider the influence of the church on the lives of women and the influence that women had on the life and worship of the medieval church. B/W illustrations and maps.

 

The Derbyshire Gentry in the Fifteenth Century

Wright, Susan M

Hardback

Published: 1983

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Study of how the gentry made and spent their money, ran their homes and families and of their relations with central and local government.

 

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