Table of Contents

Writing Techniques in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century England: The Role of the Sicilian and Papal Letter Collections as Practical Models for the Shaping of Royal Propaganda - Benoît Grévin
The Great Bardney Abbey Scandal, 1303-18 - Alison McHardy
A Reassessment of the Loyalty of the Household Knights of Edward II - Jeffrey S Hamilton
Ramon Durand of Toulouse: A Lawyer Turned Knight in the Service of the Kings of England - Guilhem Pépin
Urban Identity and Political Rebellion: London and Henry of Lancaster's Revolt, 1328-9 - Eliza Hartrich
'The Obscure Lives of Obscure Men'? The Parliamentary Knights of the Shires in the Early Fourteenth Century - Phil Bradford
The Five Giants: Institutional Hierarchy and Social Provision in Later Medieval Leicestershire - J. S. Bothwell
The Mariner in Fourteenth-Century England - Craig Lambert and Andrew Ayton
Dying beyond the Seas: Testamentary Preparation for Campaigning during the Hundred Years War - Graham St. John
Richard II and the Monasteries of London - Christopher Phillpotts

About the Author

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history. ALISON K. MCHARDY was formerly Reader in Medieval English History at the University of Nottingham. CRAIG LAMBERT is Professor of Maritime History at the University of Southampton, author of Shipping the Medieval Military (Boydell, 2011), co-editor of Military Communities in Late Medieval England (Boydell, 2018), and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds, 1400-1800 (Routledge, 2020)