The Ricardian:
Journal of the Richard III Society

Articles

Edward IV's Only Romance? Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 91, "L'Histoire des Seigneurs de Garve"
Livia Visser-Fuchs

The Reburial Expenses of Sir Thomas Arundell
Hannes Kleineke

Roses with Thorns: The Dangers of Restoration and Interpretation
John Ashdown-Hill

Book Reviews

Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince. Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs. 1997. Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, Gloucestershire. £30. Special price to Members,
`63;25, from the Society's Sales Office. ISBN 0-7509-1406-8. Reviewed by Mary Erler.

The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution c. 1437-1509. Christine Carpenter. 1997. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks, Cambridge University Press, £35 (hb); £12.95 (pb). ISBN 0-521-26800-1(hb); 0-521-31874-2(pb). Reviewed by David Grummitt.

The Closing of the Middle Ages? England, 1471-1529. Richard Britnell. 1997. Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Oxford, £13.99 ISBN 0-631-20540-3. Reviewed by Hannes Kleineke.

East Anglian Society and the Political Community of Late Medieval England. Selected Papers of Roger Virgoe. Edited by C. Barron, C. Rawcliffe and J.T. Rosenthal. 1997. The Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, £17.50 incl. p&p. ISBN 0-906219-44-2. Reviewed by David Grummitt.

Fictions of Advice. The Literature and Politics of Counsel in Late Medieval England. Judith Ferster. 1996. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, £42. ISBN 0-8122-3332-8. Reviewed by Craig Taylor.

 The Domestic Accounts of Merton College. Oxford, 1 August 1482-1 August 1494. Edited by John M. Fletcher and Christopher A. Upton. Oxford: Oxford Historical Society, New Series. Volume 34, 1996. £28 plus £1 p&p, available from Hon Treasurer, Oxford Historical Society, 38 Randolph St., Oxford, England, OX4 1XZ. ISBN 0-904107-13-2. Reviewed by Ian Arthurson.

 Realms of Ritual. Burgundian Ceremony and Civic Life in Late Medieval Ghent. Peter Arnade. 1996. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, £35.50. ISBN 0-8014-3098-4. Reviewed by Livia Visser-Fuchs.

Dress in the Middle Ages. Frainçoise Piponnier and Perrine Mane. Translated from the French by Caroline Beamish. 1997. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, £19.95. ISBN 0-300-6906-5. Reviewed by Anne F. Sutton.

Barley Hall - A Day in a Medieval Town House. Charles Kightly. 1997. Wayland Publishers Ltd, 61 Weszern Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1JD. £4.50. ISBN 0-7502-2141-0. Reviewed by Wendy Moorhen.