Michael Hicks, ed. Revolution and Consumption in Late Medieval England. (The Fifteenth Century, Volume II.) Rochester, N. Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2001. Pp. ix, 198. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-832-3.

Abstract

Fast and fast - conspicuous consumption and the diet of the nobility in the 15th century, Christopher Woolgar exploitation and control - the royal administration of magnate estates, 1397-1405, Alastair Dunn the knightly household of Richard II and the peace commissions, Shelagh Mitchell the Earl of Warwick and the royal affinity in the politics of the West Midlands, 1389-99, Alison Gundy the estates, finances and regal aspirations of Richard Plantagenet (1411-60), Duke of York, T.B. Pugh Middlesex in the 15th century - county community or communities?, Jessica Freeman regional prosperity in 15th-century England - some evidence from Wessex, John Hare the trade of 15th-century Cambridge and its region, John Lee Durham cathedral priory's consumption of imported goods - wines and spices, 1464-1520, Miranda Threlfall-Holmes the impact of St. Swithun's priory on the city of Winchester in the later Middle Ages, Winifred Harwood telling tales of oligarchy in the late mediaeval town, Peter W. Fleming.