Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-viii

List of Contributors

pp ix-ix

List of Abbreviations

pp x-xii

Introduction

pp 1-8

PART I - SOURCES

pp 9-10

1 - Froissart and the Great Revolt

pp 11-34

2 - ‘Defenders of truth’: Lord Cobham, John Gower, and the Political Crisis of 1387–88

pp 35-52

3 - The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A Reconsideration

pp 53-72

PART II - GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

pp 73-74

4 - The Bequests of Isabel of Castile, 1st Duchess of York, and Chaucer’s ‘Complaint of Mars’

pp 75-96

5 - Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years War

pp 97-120

6 - Pardons for Self-Defence in the Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal Formulas

pp 121-134

7 - The Representation of Devonshire in the ‘Bad’ Parliament of January 1377

pp 135-148

8 - John of Gaunt, Richard II, and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s

pp 149-178

9 - Richard II’s Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?

pp 179-202

10 - Power, Piety, and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in Lincolnshire

pp 203-218

PART III - COMMEMORATION

pp 219-220

11 - Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and Death

pp 221-234

12 - ‘Suche scripture … shewyng what I was’: The Brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and Associated Monuments

pp 235-248

13 - The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor London

pp 249-268

14 - The ‘Dreadful Draytons’ of Dorchester and their Brasses

pp 269-286

Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An Appreciation

pp 287-290

Bibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul’s work

pp 291-296

Index

pp 297-306

Tabula Gratulatoria

pp 307-307