Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Contributors vii
5. Preface ix
6. Abbreviations xi
7. The Death of Edward II Revisited 1
8. Living in the Shadows: John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316–36) 23
9. Careers of the Lesser Parochial Clergy Before the Black Death 49
10. Heritage and Symbolism: the Romans and Tanners in Fourteenth-Century York 67
11. ‘Let Them Realize What God Can Do’: Chivalry in the St Albans Chronicle 87
12. Historical Writing in the North-West Midlands and the Chester Annals of 1385–88 109
13. High-Status Execution in Fourteenth-Century Ireland 131
14. Traitor to the Chose Publique: Negotiating Constitutional Conflict Through the Law of Treason 1399–1402 149
15. Notes and Documents – A Letter from Chatton: the Date and the Writer 169