Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405
In the second half of the fourteenth century, petitioners hoping to secure royal grace began addressing the king in an increasingly obsequious and ostentatious manner. A strong historiographical tradition is now established which regards this development in very narrow terms, as part of Richard II’s...
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Oxford University Press
2014
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30391/ |