Reputation and representation in fifteenth century Europe / / editors, Douglas Biggs, Sharon Michalove, Compton Reeves.

• Superior document: The Northern World ; 8
• Author: Richard III Society. American Branch.
• TeilnehmendeR: Biggs, Douglas,; Reeves, Compton,; Michalove, Sharon D.; Richard III Society. American Branch.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Northern world 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 357 pages) :; illustrations (some color)
• Notes: Consists of selected papers from the third conference on fifteenth-century studies sponsored by the North American Branch (i.e. American Branch) of the Richard III Society, held in late April 2001 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

This volume deals with political, military, social, architectural, and literary aspects of fifteenth-century England. The essays contained in the volume range across the century from some of the leading scholars currently working in the period. With contributions by Mark Arvanigian, Kelly DeVries, S...

Table of Contents

• Introduction 1
• The "Lancastrianization" of the North in the Reign of Henry IV, 1399-1413 / Mark Arvanigian 9
• John the Fearless' Way of War / Kelly DeVries 39
• Women as Book Collectors and Disseminators of Culture in Late Medieval Europe / Sharon Michalove 57
• Margaret of York on Pilgrimage: The Exercise of Devotion and the Religious Traditions of the House of York / Harry Schnitker 81
• Mapping Family Lines: A Late Fifteenth Century Example of Genealogical Display / Charlotte Bauer-Smith 123
• Raising the Good Wife: Mothers and Daughters in Fifteenth-Century England / Candace Gregory 145
• Delegitimizing Lancaster: The Yorkist Use of Gendered Propaganda During the Wars of the Roses / Helen Maurer 169
• Blood and Roses: Maytime and Revival in the Morte Darthur / Karen Bezella-Bond 187
• Censoring Disobedient Subjects: Narratives of Treason and Royal Authority in Fifteenth-Century England / E. Kay Harris 211
• Welcome to the Parish. Remove Your Cap and Stop Assaulting Your Neighbor / Daniel Thiery 235
• Witchcraft and the Woodvilles: A Standard Medieval Smear? / John Leland 267
• Making History: Culture, Politics and The Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar / Peter Fleming 289
• Rethinking Henry VII: The Man and His Piety in the Context of the Observant Franciscans / Virginia K. Henderson 317
• Index 349.