Books by Gwilym Dodd

The fruits of new research on the politics, society and culture of England in the fourteenth century.Drawing on a diverse range of documentary, literary and material evidence, the essays collected here consider a wide range of important issues for the period. Political and institutional history is addressed in essays on Edward II's personal expenditure and the development and workings of parliament, including an analysis of those neglected "e;parliamentarians"e; of the period, the parliamentary proctors. Important new insights into the social history of the fourteenth century are provided by chapters on marriage and the accumulation of lay estates, the brokerage of royal wardship and the important and difficult subject of sexual violence towards under-age girls. Another chapter considers the enormously costly and complex task of feeding and supplying medieval armies across the "e;long"e; fourteenth century, while two final pieces offer important new insights into the material culture of the age, focusing in turn on St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, and the phenomenon of royal reburial. Richly textured with personal and local detail, these new studies provide numerous insights into the lives of great and small in this fascinating period ofmedieval history. GWILYM DODD is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham. Contributors: Elizabeth Biggs, Anna M. Duch, Bridget Wells-Furby, Alan Kissane, Ilana Krug, Alison K.McHardy, Seymour Phillips, Laura Tompkins, Kathryn Warner.

New approaches to the political culture of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, considering its complex relation to monarchy and state.

Stories of injustice, feuding, chicanery and natural disasters told through the words of Lincolnshire people in the Middle Ages.

The crucial first years of Henry IV's reign examined, to discover how he met and overcame the challenges created by his usurpation of the throne.

An important new contribution to the emerging field of late medieval supplicatory cultures.

Fresh examinations of the activities of Henry V, looking at how his reputation was achieved.

New research into petitions and petitioning in the middle ages, illuminating aspects of contemporary law and justice.

A new review of the most significant issues of Edward II's reign.