Fifteenth-Century Attitudes
Perceptions of Society in Late Medieval England

A paperback edition of the successful 1994 collection of essays on society in fifteenth-century England.

Rosemary Horrox (Edited by)

9780521589864, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 February 1997

260 pages, 30 b/w illus.
24.4 x 17 x 1.4 cm, 0.42 kg

'... Rosemary Horrox and her collaborators have demonstrated, superbly, how worthwhile an objective empathy can prove under the discipline of scholarship.' Maurice Keen, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

This collection of essays takes a fresh and invigorating look at late-medieval English society by focusing not on how people lived but on how they saw the world and their place in it. Alongside contributions on how different social groups saw themselves and were seen by others are more general discussions of key aspects of fifteenth-century life: attitudes to the rule of law, to the power of the ruler, to education, to honour and service, and finally to death.

List of illustrations
Introduction Rosemary Horrox
1. The king and his subjects G. L. Harriss
2. Law and justice Edward Powell
3. Aristocracy Kate Mertes
4. Service Rosemary Horrox
5. Education and advancement Michael J. Bennett
6. Information and science Peter Murray Jones
7. Women P. J. P. Goldberg
8. Urban society D. M. Palliser
9. Rural society Mark Bailey
10. The poor Miri Rubin
11. Religion Colin Richmond
12. Death Margaret Aston.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], British & Irish history [HBJD1]