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Richard II's treasure

the riches of a medieval king

Bibliography

Printed sources

Froissart, J., Chronicles, ed. and transl. G. Brereton (London: Penguin Books, 1968 and repr.)

Given-Wilson, C. (ed. and transl.), Chronicles of the revolution, 1397-1400. The reign of Richard II (Manchester, 1993)

Myers, A. R. (ed.), English historical documents IV: 1327-1485 (London, 1969)

Secondary works

Barber, Richard, The life and campaigns of the Black Prince (Woodbridge, 1997)

Du Boulay, F. R. H. and Barron, C. M. (eds.), The reign of Richard II. Essays in honour of May McKisack (London, 1971)

Given-Wilson, C., The royal household and the king's affinity. Service, politics and finance in England, 1360-1413 (New Haven and London, 1986)

Goodman, A., The loyal conspiracy. The Lords Appellant under Richard II (London, 1971)

Green, R. F., Poets and Princepleasers : Literature and the English Court in the Late Middle Ages (Buffalo, Toronto and London, 1980 )

Ormrod, W. M., The reign of Edward III. Crown and political society in England, 1327-77 (New Haven and London, 1990)

Palmer, J. J. N., England, France and Christendom, 1377-99 (London, 1972)

Saul, N., Richard II (New Haven and London, 1997)

Vale, J., Edward III and chivalry: chivalric society and its context, 1270-1350 (Woodbridge, 1983)

Buildings, paintings and treasure

Printed sources

Collins, A. J., The jewels and plate of Queen Elizabeth I: the inventory of 1574 (London, 1955)

Mirot, L., 'Un trousseau royal àla fin du XIVe siècle', Mémoires de la Société de l'Histoire de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, xxix (1902), pp. 125-58

Palgrave, F. (ed.), The ancient kalendars and inventories of the treasury of his majesty's exchequer, 3 vols. (London, 1836)

Secondary works

Binski, P., Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenets. Kingship and the representation of power, 1200-1400 (New Haven and London, 1995)

Brown, R. A., Colvin, H. M. and Taylor, A. J., History of the king's works, 3 vols. (London, 1963)

Cherry, J. and Stratford, N., Westminster kings and the medieval palace of Westminster (British Museum Occasional Papers 115, 1995)

Duffy, E., The stripping of the altars. Traditional religion in England, c. 1400-c. 1580 (New Haven and London, 1992). Paperback edn. 2005

Gordon, D., Making and meaning: The Wilton Diptych (London: National Gallery, 1993)

Gordon, D., Monnas, L. and Elam, C. (eds.), The regal image of Richard II and the Wilton Diptych (London: Harvey Miller, 1997)

Stratford, J., 'Gold and diplomacy. England and France in the reign of Richard II', in Mitchell, J. ed. England and the continent in the Middle Ages. Studies in memory of Andrew Martindale. Harlaxton Medieval Studies, 8 (Stamford, 2000)

Stratford, J., Richard II's treasure (forthcoming: Woodbridge)

Wilson, C., 'The medieval monuments', in Collinson, P., Ramsay, N. and Sparks, M., A history of Canterbury Cathedral (Oxford, 1995)

Exhibition catalogues

Alexander, J. J. G. and Binski, P. (eds.), The age of chivalry. Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400 (London, 1987)

Taburet-Delahaye, E. (ed.), Paris. 1400. Les arts sous Charles VI (Paris, 2004)

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