Introduction: Winner and Waster: A Poem on the Times

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Note on Editions ix
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction: Winner and Waster: A Poem on the Times 1
7. 1 Chivalry and Internationalism: The Garter Feast of 1358 and English Diplomacy during the 1350s and 1360s 15
8. 2 Treason, Public Order and Dispute Settlement: The Statute of Treasons of 1352 and Royal Arbitration 39
9. 3 Landed Society, Conspicuous Consumption and the Political Economy: The Sumptuary Laws of 1363 61
10. 4 The Private and the Public Spheres: The Royal Household and State Finance under Edward III 83
11. 5 Satire, Complaint and Authorship: Winner and Waster and the Alliterative Revival of the Fourteenth Century 105
12. 6 Winner and Waster: Timeliness and Timelessness 131
13. Appendix 1: Timeline, 1337–70 137
14. Appendix 2: A Modern English Version of Winner and Waster 139
15. Bibliography 157
16. Index 185
17. Publisher̕s Note 189