The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 7, c.1415–c.1500 (The New Cambridge Medieval History, Series Number 7)

Title
Copyright
Contents
List of plates
List of maps
List of genealogical tables
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
PART I GOVERNMENT
	Chapter 1 Politics: theory and practice
		Europe Dominated by War
		Categories of Political Power
		The Elements of Political Dialogue
		The Symbolism of Politics
		Texts and Speeches: Political Theory and Practice
		Theology and Politics
		Law and Politics
		Literature and Politics
		History and Politics
	Chapter 2 Representation (since the thirteenth century)
		The Problem
			Concepts and terminology
			Representatives and constituencies
			The political system
			The analytical framework
		Monarchical Challenges
			The problems of princes: recognition
			The problems of princes: aid
		Communal Interests
		Paths of Development
	Chapter 3 Popes and councils
PART II ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS
	Chapter 4 The European nobility
	Chapter 5 Rural Europe
		The Demographic Crisis
		Regional Variations
		Alternative Explanations of Developments
			The market
			The peasants
			Lords, towns and the state
		Productivity
		Conclusion
	Chapter 6 Urban Europe
		The Economic Context: Decline and Recovery
		Urban Politics and Society: A Crisis of Confidence?
	Chapter 7 Commerce and trade
		Routes and Commodities
		Transport
		Mercantile Organisation
		Infrastructure
		Merchant Status and Wealth
		Dynamics of the Fifteenth Century
	Chapter 8 War
	Chapter 9 Exploration and discovery
		The Background in Latin Christendom
		Cartography and Geography
		The Culture of Explorers
		Finance and Patronage
		Archipelagoes of the Eastern Atlantic
		Routes Around and Across the Sahara
		Routes Across the North Atlantic
		The Central Transatlantic Route
		Exploration of the South Atlantic
PART III SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC LIFE
	Chapter 10 Religious belief and practice
	Chapter 11 Schools and universities
		Growth and Change in the Scholastic and University Systems
		The Curricula
		Institutions and the Authorities
		Schools, Universities and Society
	Chapter 12 Humanism
	Chapter 13 Manuscripts and books
	Chapter 14 The beginning of printing
	Chapter 15 Architecture and painting
		Flanders and the North
		Italy
		Memorials
		Secular Pleasures
		Sacred Imagery
		Nature Into Art
		Antiquity
	Chapter 16 Music
PART IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN STATES
	Chapter 17 Germany and the Empire
	Chapter 18 Hus, the Hussites and Bohemia
		Society
		Politics
		Jan Hus: Teaching and Activities
		Hussites and National Diets: 1419‒36
		Tabor
		Bohemia in Europe
	Chapter 19 France
		(a) France at the end of the Hundred YearsWar (c. 1420–1461)
		(b) The recovery of France, 1450‒1520
			Integrality of the Monarchy
				The issues
				Life-and-death struggle between king and princes, 1465‒83
				Conflict within the aristocracy: European conflict, 1483–91
				Change of course, 1491–1520
			Renaissance, or Consolidation of the State
				Monopoly of the armed forces
				The king as dispenser of justice
				The financial state
				Throne and altar
				A decentralised state
			Social Forces
				Economic recovery
				Rural communities
				Towns and trade
				Social dynamism: political society
			National Consciousness and Imperial Vision
				The arts
				Literature, language and history
				Imperial vocation
	Chapter 20 Burgundy
		Regional and \'Central\' Institutions
		A European Power
		Society, Culture and Economy
		Charles the Bold and the Burgundian State
		Ruin and Survival of Burgundy
	Chapter 21 England
		(a) Lancastrian England
		(b) Yorkist and early Tudor England
	Chapter 22 The Celtic world
		(a) Ireland
		(b) Scotland: 1406‒1513
		(c) Wales
	Chapter 23 Italy
		(a) The northern Italian states
		(b) The papal states and the kingdom of Naples
	Chapter 24 The Iberian peninsula
		(a) Aragon
			The Compromise of Caspe
			Politico-Constitutional Structure of the Crown of Aragon
			The New Trastámaran Dynasty
			Pactism : Theory and Practice
			Crises and Civil War in Catalonia
			The Castilian Marriage of Ferdinand ‘the Catholic’
			Institutional Reform and Economic Recovery
			Aragon Within the Spanish Monarchy
		(b) Castile and Navarre
		(c) Portugal
	Chapter 25 The Swiss Confederation
		Introduction
		Overlord, Empire and Nobility
		Urban and Rural Communes
		The Inner Consolidation of the Confederate Communes
		Integration and Conflict Within the Confederation
		European Politics and the Mercenary
		State Formation and National Consciousness
	Chapter 26 The states of Scandinavia, c. 1390–c. 1536
	Chapter 27 Hungary: crown and estates
		The Reign of Sigismund (1387‒1437) and His Barons
		Defence Against the Ottoman Empire
		Sigismund’s Government and Finances
		The Rise of the Noble Diet
		Interregnum and Hunyadi’s Regency
		Ladislas V Posthumous
		Gains of the Crown Under Mátyás Corvinus (1458‒90)
		Wars of Conquest Versus Southern Defence
		Renaissance Court and Royal Patronage
		Baronial Reaction Under Wladislas II (1490‒1516)
		Losing the Battle for Survival
	Chapter 28 The kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania, 1370–1506
		Territory, Population, Climate
		Angevin Government
		Lithuania and Poland in the Fourteenth Century
		Poland and Lithuania in Central European Conflicts
		The Regency of Bishop Zbigniew and the Reign of Władysław III
		Restoration of Crown Lands: Poland and Lithuania Under Casimir IV
		The Jagiellonian Dynasty in Central and Eastern Europe
		Kings Jan Olbracht and Alexander
		The Polish Estates and the Monarchy
		The Nobility and Gentry, Peasants, Towns, Churches and the Jews
		The Lithuanian Monarchy
		Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Culture
	Chapter 29 Russia
	Chapter 30 Byzantium: the Roman Orthodoxworld, 1393–1492
		Chronology and Definition
		Salonica and its Archbishops
		The Morea, the Council of Florence and Plethon
		Mehemmed II and Gennadios II Scholarios
		Roman Orthodox Bonds After 1453: The Pontos and amiroutzes; Mount Athos and Mara
	Chapter 31 The Latin east
	Chapter 32 The Ottoman world
		The Aftermath of the Battle of Ankara
		Dynastic and Social Strife
		The Organisation of the State
		War-Mongers Versus Moderates
		The Fall of Constantinople and the Age of Expansion
		An Effort Towards Mercantilism
	Chapter 33 Conclusion
Appendix: genealogical tables
Primary sources and secondary works arranged by chapter
	1 Politics: theory and practice
		Primary
		Secondary works
	2 Representation (since the thirteenth century)
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	3 Popes and councils
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	4 The European nobility
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	5 Rural Europe
		Secondary works
	6 Urban Europe
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
			General
			Cities and towns in Italy
			France and the Iberian peninsula
			The British Isles and the Netherlands
			The German Reich, Scandinavia and eastern Europe
	7 Commerce and trade
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	8 War
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	9 Exploration and discovery
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	10 Religious belief and practice
		Secondary works
	11 Schools and universities
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
			General works
			Empire, northern and central Europe
			England
			France
			Italy
			Spain
	12 Humanism
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	13 Manuscripts and books
		Secondary works
	14 The beginning of printing
		Secondary works
	15 Architecture and Painting
		Secondary works
			General works
			Flanders and the north
			Italy
			Memorials
			Secular pleasures
			Sacred imagery
			Nature into art
			Antiquity
	16 Music
		Editions of music and theory treatises
		Secondary works
	17 Germany and the empire
		Secondary works
	18 Hus, the Hussites and Bohemia
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	19(a) France at the end of the Hundred Years War ( c. 1420‒1461)
		Secondary works
	19(b) The recovery of France, 1450‒1520
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	20 Burgundy
		Primary sources
			Main literary sources
			Other sources
		Secondary works
			The dukes and the Burgundian state
			The dukes and the civil war
			Regional studies
			Institutions, finances and money
			War and armies
			The court
			Political society
			Towns, population and exchange
			Patronage and artistic life
	21(a) Lancastrian England
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	21(b) Yorkist and early Tudor England
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	22(a) Ireland
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	22(b) Scotland: 1406‒1513
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	22(c) Wales
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	23(a) the northern italian states
		Secondary works
			General works
			Florence and the Florentine state
			Venice and the terraferma state
			Duchy of Milan
			The smaller states
	23(b) The Papal states and the kingdom of Naples
		Secondary works
	24(a) Aragon
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
			General works
			Regional studies
				Catalonia
				Aragon
				Valencia
				Sicily
				Individual rulers
				Institutions
				Economy and society
	24(b) Castile and Navarre
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
			General
			Regional
			Particular aspects
			Institutions
			Economy and society
			The cultural context
	24(c) Portugal
		Secondary works
	25 The Swiss confederation
		Secondary works
	26 The States of Scandinavia, C. 1390‒C. 1536
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	27 Hungary: crown and estates
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	28 The kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1370‒1506
		Secondary works
			General books and syntheses
			Poland and Lithuania
	29 Russia
		Primary sources
			Chronicles
			Other selected sources
		Secondary works
			Political chronicles
			Culture and ideology
			Governance
			Trade and agrarian life
	30 Byzantium: The Roman Orthodox world, 1393‒1492
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	31 The Latin east
		Secondary works
	32 The Ottoman world
		Primary sources
		Secondary works
	Conclusion
		Secondary works