Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London. CHRISTIAN STEER is Hon. Visiting Fellow in the Department of History at the University of York. The late JEROME BERTRAM was the leading authority of his generation on monumental brasses, indents and incised slabs; he was especially interested in epigraphy and had an impressive publication record on the topic. He died in 2019.

Provides a feast of new insights on primary sources, while never losing sight of the human drama--all in the great tradition of its honoree.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroductionJESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTONPart I: Sources1.Froissart and the Great RevoltCAROLINE BARRON2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387¬-88MICHAEL BENNETT3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A ReconsiderationGEORGE B. STOWPart II: Government and Administration4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars'JENNY STRATFORD5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years WarJILL C. HAVENS6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal FormulasJOHN L. LELAND7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377HANNES KLEINEKE8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s'MARK ARVANIGIAN9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?JOEL T. ROSENTHAL10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in LincolnshireCLAIRE KENNANPart III: Commemoration11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and DeathCHRIS GIVEN-WILSON12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monumentsKELCEY WILSON-LEE13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor LondonCHRISTIAN STEER14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their BrassesJEROME BERTRAM †15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An AppreciationDAVID CARPENTERBibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's workIndexTabula Gratulatoria

Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London. CHRISTIAN STEER is Hon. Visiting Fellow in the Department of History at the University of York. The late JEROME BERTRAM was the leading authority of his generation on monumental brasses, indents and incised slabs; he was especially interested in epigraphy and had an impressive publication record on the topic. He died in 2019.

Provides a feast of new insights on primary sources, while never losing sight of the human drama--all in the great tradition of its honoree.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroductionJESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTONPart I: Sources1.Froissart and the Great RevoltCAROLINE BARRON2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387¬-88MICHAEL BENNETT3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A ReconsiderationGEORGE B. STOWPart II: Government and Administration4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars'JENNY STRATFORD5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years WarJILL C. HAVENS6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal FormulasJOHN L. LELAND7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377HANNES KLEINEKE8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s'MARK ARVANIGIAN9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?JOEL T. ROSENTHAL10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in LincolnshireCLAIRE KENNANPart III: Commemoration11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and DeathCHRIS GIVEN-WILSON12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monumentsKELCEY WILSON-LEE13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor LondonCHRISTIAN STEER14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their BrassesJEROME BERTRAM †15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An AppreciationDAVID CARPENTERBibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's workIndexTabula Gratulatoria

Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London. CHRISTIAN STEER is Hon. Visiting Fellow in the Department of History at the University of York. The late JEROME BERTRAM was the leading authority of his generation on monumental brasses, indents and incised slabs; he was especially interested in epigraphy and had an impressive publication record on the topic. He died in 2019.

Provides a feast of new insights on primary sources, while never losing sight of the human drama--all in the great tradition of its honoree.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroductionJESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTONPart I: Sources1.Froissart and the Great RevoltCAROLINE BARRON2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387¬-88MICHAEL BENNETT3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A ReconsiderationGEORGE B. STOWPart II: Government and Administration4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars'JENNY STRATFORD5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years WarJILL C. HAVENS6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal FormulasJOHN L. LELAND7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377HANNES KLEINEKE8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s'MARK ARVANIGIAN9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends?JOEL T. ROSENTHAL10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in LincolnshireCLAIRE KENNANPart III: Commemoration11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and DeathCHRIS GIVEN-WILSON12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monumentsKELCEY WILSON-LEE13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor LondonCHRISTIAN STEER14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their BrassesJEROME BERTRAM †15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An AppreciationDAVID CARPENTERBibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's workIndexTabula Gratulatoria