Soldiers, Nobles and Gentlemen: Essays in Honour of Maurice Keen

410 Pages·2009·33.106 MB·English

by  Peter Coss, Christopher Tyerman (eds.)

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SoldierS, NobleS aNd GeNtlemeN
Chivalric culture, soldiers and soldiering, and treason, politics and the
court form the main themes of this volume – as is appropriate in a book
which honours the distinguished medievalist maurice Keen. the essays,
all by eminent scholars in the field, cover such topics as nobility and
mobility in anglo-Saxon society; chivalry and courtliness; the crusade
and chivalric ideas; chivalry and art; devotional literature; piety and chiv-
alry; military strategy; the victualling of castles; bertrand du Guesclin;
soldiers’ wives; military communities in fourteenth-century england;
military and administrative service among the fifteenth-century gentry;
treason, disinvestiture and the disgracing of arms; and treason in
lancastrian Normandy. overall, they reflect the range of the honoree’s
interests, the depth of his scholarship, the international flavour of his
work, and his unique contribution to historical scholarship.
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SoldierS, NobleS aNd GeNtlemeN
essays in Honour of maurice Keen
Edited by
Peter Coss
and
Christopher tyerman
tHe boYdell PreSS
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Contents
list of illustrations vii
list of Contributors ix
Preface xi
Christopher Tyerman
mémoire xiii
Linnie Rawlinson
the multiple maurices xvii
Martin Conway and Simon Skinner
list of abbreviations xxi
introduction 1
Peter Coss
Part I Nobility and Chivalry
aspects of Nobility and mobility in anglo-Saxon Society 17
James Campbell
Chivalry and Courtliness: Colliding Constructs 32
David Crouch
Court, Crusade and City: the Cultural milieu of louis i, duke 49
of bourbon
Christopher Tyerman
english Writings on Chivalry and Warfare during the Hundred Years War 64
Craig Taylor
royal Grants of arms in england before 1484 85
Adrian Ailes
Chivalry and art: the Camoys Family and the Wall Paintings in 97
trotton Church
Nigel Saul
the Prayers of the bohuns 112
Jeremy Catto
Piety, Chivalry and Family: the Cartulary and Psalter of Sir edmund 126
rede of boarstall (d. 1489)
Rowena E. Archer
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Part II Soldiers and Soldiering
A Roman Text on War: The Strategemata of Frontinus in the Middle Ages 153
Christopher Allmand
The Victualling of Castles 169
Michael Prestwich
Bertrand du Guesclin, the Truce of Bruges and Campaigns in 183
Périgord (1376)
Michael Jones
Soldiers’ Wives in the Hundred Years War 198
Anne Curry
Armies and Military Communities in Fourteenth-Century England 215
Andrew Ayton
War and Peace: Military and Administrative Service amongst the English 240
Gentry in the Reign of Henry VI
Simon Payling
Part III Treason, Politics and the Court
Law and Political Culture in Thirteenth-Century England: The Treason 261
Trial of 1225
Peter Coss
‘All Brought to Nought and Thy State Undone’: Treason, Disinvestiture 279
and the Disgracing of Arms under Edward II
Matthew Strickland
The Foe Within: Treason in Lancastrian Normandy 305
Juliet Barker
Richard, duke of York and the Royal Household 321
Gerald Harriss
From the Court of Richard II to the Court of Prempeh I: The problem 335
of the ‘Asante’ ewers
Malcolm Vale
Bibliography of the Writings of Maurice Keen 355
Mary Keen
Index 359
Tabula Gratulatoria 373
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List of Illustrations
Plates
Plate 1 Warrant signed by Henry VI for the granting of arms to Roger Keys
and his brother, Thomas, 19 May 1449 (TNA C 81/1454 no.15)
Plate 2 Two warrants, both dated 1 January 1449 and signed by Henry VI,
for the granting of arms to Eton College (above) and King’s College,
Cambridge (below) (TNA C 53/190 m.43)
Plate 3 Letters patent of Henry VI’s grant of arms to Eton College,
Berkshire, 1 January 1449 (Eton College ECR 39/82)
Plate 4 Copy of Henry VI’s grant of arms to Bernard Angevin, 11 March
1445, on the Gascon Roll (TNA C 61/133B)
Plate 5 Trotton Church (Sussex): standing figures on north wall
Plate 6 Trotton Church (Sussex): figures on south wall
Plate 7 Trotton Church (Sussex): tomb chest with brasses of Thomas, Lord
Camoys (d. 1421) and his second wife, Elizabeth
Plate 8 Winterbourne Church (Glos.): figure of Sir Thomas de Bradeston
Plate 9 Opening text of the Boarstall section of the Boarstall Cartulary,
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury
Plate 10 The Boarstall Horn, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury
Plate 11 Calendar page for May from the Rede Psalter, Christ Church MS 98
Plate 12 John Balliol stripped of his regalia (Sir Robert Forman of Luthrie’s
Armorial)
Plate 13 Reverse of the large Seal of Scone Abbey, mid-thirteenth century
Plate 14 Inverted and broken arms of William Marisco (Matthew Paris,
Historia Anglorum, 1250–53, BL MS 14CVII fol. 133v)
Plate 15 Thomas of Lancaster with St George, Douce Hours, c. 1325–50
(Bodleian Library, MS Douce 231)
Plate 16 Palace courtyard at Kumase or Bantama, showing two of the 336
‘Asante’ ewers under a sacred tree, 1887
Plate 17 Two bronze ewers, English, c. 1390–9 338
Plate 18 ‘Asante’ ewer, English, c. 1390–9 344
Plate 19 King Kwaku Dua (Asantehene) and his court, 1887 348
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Figures
1 Genealogy of the family of Camoys of trotton 100
2 the family and connections of the redes of boarstall 128
3 the marches of Guyenne and Périgord in 1376 184
4 military and administrative service of twenty-six soldiers who fought 256
in France after the death of Henry V
5 Upper ranks in the royal household, 1437–52 327
Acknowledgements
Photographs were supplied by or are reproduced by kind permission of the
following:
Plates 1, 2, 4, 16 and 19 are reproduced by permission of the National archives,
Kew (Crown Copyright).
Plate 3 is reproduced by permission of the Provost and Fellows of eton College.
Plates 5 and 7 are supplied by the contributor.
Plates 6 and 8 are supplied by mr roger rosewell.
Plates 9 and 10 are reproduced by courtesy of Sir Henry aubrey-Fletcher.
Plate 11 is reproduced by courtesy of Christ Church, oxford; photograph by
Cristina Neagu.
Plate 12 is reproduced by permission of the Scottish record office.
Plate 13 is reproduced by permission of the Keeper of the records of Scotland.
Plate 14 is reproduced by permission of the british library.
Plate 15 is reproduced by permission of the bodleian library, oxford.
Plate 17 is reproduced by permission of the british museum © the trustees of
the british museum.
Plate 18 is reproduced by permission of leeds City museum; photograph by
major m. Sullivan.
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list of Contributors
adrian ailes is Principal record Specialist, early modern records, at the
National archives.
Christopher allmand is emeritus Professor of medieval History at the Univer-
sity of liverpool.
rowena e. archer is lecturer in medieval History at Christ Church, oxford and
Supernumary Fellow of brasenose College, oxford.
andrew ayton is Senior lecturer in History at the University of Hull.
Juliet barker is a professional author, broadcaster and historian.
James Campbell is emeritus Fellow of Worcester College, oxford.
Jeremy Catto is emeritus Fellow of oriel College, oxford.
martin Conway is Fellow of balliol College, oxford.
Peter Coss is Professor of medieval History and Head of the School of History
and archaeology at Cardiff University.
david Crouch is Professor of medieval History at the University of Hull.
anne Curry is Professor of medieval History at the University of Southampton.
Gerald Harriss is emeritus Fellow of magdalen College, oxford.
michael Jones is emeritus Professor of medieval French History at the Univer-
sity of Nottingham.
Simon Payling works for the History of Parliament trust.
michael Prestwich is emeritus Professor of History at the University of durham.
linnie rawlinson is a journalist with CNN.
Nigel Saul is Professor of medieval History at royal Holloway, University of
london.
Simon Skinner is Fellow of balliol College, oxford.
matthew Strickland is Professor of medieval History at the University of
Glasgow.
Craig taylor is Senior lecturer in medieval History at the University of York.
Christopher tyerman is Fellow of Hertford College, oxford.
malcolm Vale is Fellow of St John’s College, oxford.
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