The Fifteenth Century XIX: Enmity and Amity

This series explores relationships in all their different guises and expressions, from hostility between England and France to the integration of immigrants from the Low Countries and Baltic regions. The Magna Carta of 1215 had a long after-life, providing a blue-print for practices adopted by the Appellants of 1388 and cited at the deposition of Richard II. Poor records of meetings of convocations have led to undue emphasis on their role in granting subsidies, but a register at Canterbury presents a different picture.

Format: Hardback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 27 September 2022
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This series pushes the boundaries of knowledge and develops new trends in approach and understanding. The essays in this volume explore relationships in all their different guises and expressions. Hostility between England and France cast a long shadow over the fifteenth century and beyond. While warfare at sea and the composition of the army that invaded Normandy in 1417 left extensive administrative records, sources of a different nature highlight the experiences of the French and Burgundians. The experience of Henry VIII's forces' incursion in 1513 found expression in widely distributed poems; while verses celebrating the births of heirs to the Hapsburg Duke of Burgundy sought to allay fears over a change of regime by stressing the benefits of their multinational heritage. Portraits of rulers of Italian states emphasized the emergence of a shared courtly culture between England and Italy by commemorating their election as Knights of the Garter, while the records of Bishop's Lynn testify to the harmonious integration of immigrants from the Low Countries and Baltic regions. The Magna Carta of 1215, intended to place the relationship between ruler and ruled on a new footing, had a long afterlife, providing a blueprint for practices adopted by the Appellants of 1388 and being cited at the deposition of Richard II, only to be eclipsed in the late fifteenth century when depositions focused instead on challenges to the monarch's title. Poor records of the meetings of convocations have led to undue emphasis on their role in granting subsidies, but a register at Canterbury presents a different picture by revealing the business of the southern convocation of 1462.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783277421