Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages

Prof. Anne Curry

ISBN 10: 0851158145 / ISBN 13: 9780851158143

Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851158145
• ISBN 13: 9780851158143
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 523 grams

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Synopsis

The notion of service was ingrained in medieval culture, prominent throughout the language and life of the time.

The notion of service was ingrained in medieval culture, and not just as a part of the wider concept of patronage: it is prominent throughout the language and life of the time. These studies examine the nature and importance of service in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in a variety of contexts both within and beyond the dominions of the English crown, including contracts between domestic servants and employers, labour legislation, career opportunities for graduates, the public service ethos embodied by the king's household retinue and a scheme for its reform, public service in France, ducal service in Brittany, and bastard feudalism in Scotland.

ANNE CURRY is Professor of History, University of Southampton; ELIZABETH MATTHEW is honorary research fellow at the Department of History, University of Reading.

Contributors: JEREMY GOLDBERG, CHRISTOPHER GIVEN-WILSON, MICHAEL JONES, ALEXANDER GRANT, VIRGINIA DAVIS, JEREMY I. CATTO, D.A.L. MORGAN, KATHELEEN DALY, RALPH A. GRIFFITHS.

About the Author

Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England.