This first book-length study of the livery collar examines its cultural and political significance from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, in particular between 1450 and 1500, the period associated with the Wars of the Roses. It explores the principal meanings bestowed on the collar, considers the itemin its various political contexts, and places the collar within the sphere of medieval identity construction. It also investigates the motives which lay behind its distribution, shedding new light on the nature and understanding of royal power at the time.
In Late Medieval England And Wales Politics: Identity And Affinity
This first book-length study of the livery collar examines its cultural and political significance from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, in particular between 1450 and 1500, the period associated with the Wars of the Roses. It explores the principal meanings bestowed on the collar, considers the itemin its various political contexts, and places the collar within the sphere of medieval identity construction. It also investigates the motives which lay behind its distribution, shedding new light on the nature and understanding of royal power at the time.
- ISBN:
- 9781783271153
- 9781783271153
- Category:
- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 24-06-2016
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241x162x22mm
- Weight:
- 0.57kg
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