The Ricardian:
Journal of the Richard III Society

Articles

• Author! Author! Crowland Revisited
  Alison Hanham
• Niclas von Popplau -- His Work and Travels
  Piotr Radzikowski

Book Reviews

• Chaucer in Context: Society, Allegory and Gender. S. H. Rigby. 1996. Manchester University Press, Manchester, £35 (hb); £12.99 (pb). ISBN 0-7190-4235-6 (hb), 0-7190-4236-4 (pb). Reviewed by Julia Boffey.
• Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483. Edited and introduced by Christine Carpenter. 1996. Cambridge University Press, £45 (hbk); £15.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-521-55467-5 (hbk); 0-521-55586-8 (pbk). Reviewed by Harry Cobb.
• The Later Medieval City 1300-1500. David Nicholas. 1997. A History of Urban Society in Europe. Longman: London and New York, £48 (hb); £17.99 (pb). ISBN 0-582-01318-6 (hb); ISBN 0-582-01317-8 (pb). Reviewed by Penny Tucker.
• The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England. Edited by Nigel Saul. 1997. Oxford University Press, £25. ISBN 0-19-820502-3. Reviewed by Heather Falvey.
• Wales and the Wars of the Roses. H. T. Evans. 1995. Sutton Publishing, Stroud, £18.99. ISBN 0-7509-0922-6. Reviewed by Phillip Lindley.
• Louis XI et Charles le Hardi. De Péronne à Nancy (1468-1477): le conflit. Jean Marie Cauchies. 1996. De Boeck Université, Rue des Minimes 39, B-1000 Brussels. Illustrated. Bibliothèque du Moyen Age 8. Price: BEF 1150. ISBN 2-8041-2128-3. Reviewed by Livia Visser-Fuchs.
• Nobles, Knights and Men at Arms in the Middle Ages. Maurice Keen. 1996: Hambledon Press, 102, Gloucester Ave. London NW1 8HX and Rio Grande, £38. ISBN 1-8525-087-6. Reviewed by Rowena E. Archer.
• The Plumpton Letters and Papers. Edited by Joan Kirby. 1996. Camden Society Fifth Series Volume 8, Cambridge University Press, £40. ISBN 0-521-573947. Reviewed by Keith Dockray.
• The Wars of the Roses. Edited A. J. Pollard. 1995. Problems in Focus, MacMmillan Press Ltd. Basingstoke and London, £42.50 (hbk); £13.99 (pbk). ISBN 0-333-60165-3 (hbk); 0-333-60166-1 (pbk). Reviewed by Michael K. Jones.
• Conrad von Soest: Painter among Merchant Princes. Brigitte Corley. 1996. Harvey Miller, London, £68. ISBN 1-8725-0158-3. Reviewed by Nicholas Rogers.
• Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390-1490. By Kathleen L. Scott, 1996. A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles (Volume 6), general editor J. J. G. Alexander. Volume I, Texts and Illustrations. Volume II, Catalogue. Harvey Miller Publishers, London, £140. ISBN 0-9052-0304-6. Reviewed by Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs.
• Old Age in Late Medieval England. Joel T. Rosenthal. 1996. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, £37.95. ISBN 0-8122-3355-7. Reviewed by J. L. Bolton.