*

2869. RÉVILLE, ANDRÉ. Le soulèvement des travailleurs d'Angleterre en 1381, par André Réville: études et documents, publiés avec une introduction historique par Charles PetitDutaillis. Société de l'Ecole des Chartes, Mémoires et Documents, vol. ii. Paris, 1898.

The introduction by Petit-Dutaillis is an excellent general account of the uprising. The body of the work by Réville gives a detailed history of the revolt in the counties of Hertford, Norfolk, and Suffolk. The appendixes, pp. 175-294, comprise a valuable collection of documents relating to the rising in most of the counties of England. See also Petit-Dutaillis, Les Causes Sociales du Soulèvement des Travailleurs en 1381, in Séances et Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, new series, 1898, xlix. 161-91.

2870. SPARVEL-BAYLY, J. A. Essex in insurrection, 1381. Essex Archæol. Soc., Trans., new series, i. 205-19. Colchester, 1878 [1874]. Reprinted, Antiquary, xix. 11-14, 69–73. London, 1889.

2871. TASWELL-LANGMEAD, T. P. The reign of Richard II. Oxford, etc., 1866. pp. 51.

2872. TREVELYAN, G. M. England in the age of Wycliffe. London, etc., 1899; new edition, 1904; new [cheap] edition, 1909. Deals mainly with the early part of Richard II.'s reign, especially with the rise of Lollardy and the peasants' revolt. See No. 2873.

2873. TREVELYAN, G. M., and POWELL, EDGAR. The peasants' rising and the Lollards [1381-98]: a collection of documents forming an appendix to 'England in the age of Wycliffe.' London, 1899. pp. 81.

Richard II. 2 vols. Paris, 1864.

2874. WALLON, HENRI. Richard II.

The fullest modern history of the reign. Devotes particular attention to the foreign relations of England,

2875. ZIEPEL, C. The reign of Richard II., and comments upon an alliterative poem on the deposition of that monarch. Berlin, 1874. pp. 42.

Other works on this reign: C. G. Chamberlayne, Die Heirat Richards II. von England mit Anna von Luxemburg, Halle, 1906, pp. 82; Léon Mirot, Isabelle de France, Reine d'Angleterre, 1389-1409, in Revue d'Histoire Diplomatique, 1904, xviii. 545-73, 1905, xix. 60-95, 161-91, 481-522; Henri Moranvillé, Conférences entre la France et

l'Angleterre, 1388-93, in Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, 1889, 1. 355-80; De Lacy O'Leary, England under Richard II., London, 1908 (deals briefly with the condition of peasants, town-workers, the clergy, and the nobles); Reginald Rankin, The Marquis d'Argenson, and Richard II. [two essays], London, 1901; Gerhard Skalweit, Der Kreuzzug des Bischofs Heinrich von Norwich im Jahre 1383, Königsberg, 1898, pp. 83; G. M. Wrong, The Crusade of 1383 [English in Flanders], London, 1892, pp. 96. On the church under Richard II., see No. 3083.

§ 63. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY (1399-1485).

a. General, Nos. 2876-9.

b. Henry IV. and Henry V., Nos. 2880-89.

c. Henry VI. and Edward IV., Nos. 2890-2903.

d. Richard III., Nos. 2904-14.

a. GENERAL.

The best general account is Ramsay's. For works on the English in France in the fifteenth century, see the bibliographical footnotes in Lavisse, Histoire de France, iv. pts. i.-ii. passim ; and Henri Prentout, La Normandie (No. 31), 70–76.

2876. BROUGHAM, HENRY. History of England under the house of Lancaster. London, 1852; 2nd edition, 1855; new edition, 1861.

The 1st and 2nd editions were published anonymously. The text is the same in all three editions, Valuable, especially for the reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI.

2877. DENTON, WILLIAM.

London, 1888.

England in the fifteenth century.

Deals with the condition of the people, agriculture, roads, villages, the nobility, etc. Valuable. See also V. B. Redstone, The Social Condition of England during the Wars of the Roses, Royal Hist. Soc., Trans., new series, 1902, xvi. 159–200.

2878. GAIRDNER, JAMES. The houses of Lancaster and York. London, 1874; 6th edition, 1886.

A good popular account,

2878a. OMAN, C. [W. C.] The history of England from the accession of Richard II. to the death of Richard III. (1377-1485). London, 1906.

See No, 632a.

2878b. Owen, L. V. D. The connection between England and Burgundy during the first half of the fifteenth century. Oxford, 1909.

2879. *RAMSAY, J. H. Lancaster and York, 1399-1485. 2 vols.

Oxford, 1892.

The fullest compendium of the annals of England in the 15th century. Devotes considerable attention to military and financial history.

b. HENRY IV. AND HENRY V.

Wylie's Henry IV. is elaborate and scholarly. The fullest surveys of the reign of Henry V. are Goodwin's and Tyler's. Tyler vigorously vindicates the character of Henry V. against the charges of debauchery and immorality during his youth; and this view has been confirmed by the researches of Ewald, Solly-Flood, and others.

See also Nos. 2875 (Mirot), 2890; and § 68, army and navy.

2880. BRADLEY, A. G. Owen Glyndwr and the last struggle for Welsh independence. New York, etc., 1901.

Bradley's book has superseded the uncritical volume by Thomas Thomas, Memoirs of Owen Glendower, Haverfordwest, 1822.

2881. EWALD, A. C. Stories from the state papers. London, 1882.

The youth of Henry V., i. 18–43.

2 vols.

2882. GOODWIN, THOMAS. History of the reign of Henry V. London, 1704.

Valuable.

2882a. KINGSFORD, C. L. Henry V. New York, etc., 1901. Valuable. See also his works noted in No. 1814; Charles] de la Roncière, L'Invasion Anglaise sous Charles VI., in Revue des Questions Historiques, 1900, lxvii. 56-87; and Paul Kabel, Die Sage von Heinrich V. bis zu Shakespeare, Berlin, 1908.

2883. LENZ, MAX. König Sigismund und Heinrich V. von England. Berlin, 1874.

For the relations of Henry V. to King Sigismund, see also Jacob Caro, Das Bündniss von Canterbury, Gotha, 1880; Wilhelm Gierth, Die Vermittlungsversuche K. Sigmunds zwischen Frankreich und England,

1416 [Halle dissertation], Halle, 1895, PP. 46; Paul Hagemann, Die Beziehungen Deutschlands zu England seit 15 Aug. 1416 bis zu Kaiser Sigmunds Ende [Halle dissertation], Halle, 1905, PP. 55; and No. 2805.

2884. LUDERS, ALEXANDER. An essay on the character of Henry V. when prince of Wales. London, 1813.

2885. PAULI, REINHOLD. Aufsätze zur englischen Geschichte. New series. Leipsic, 1883.

Henry V., 99-125.

2885a. RADFORD, L. B. Henry Beaufort, bishop, chancellor, cardinal [1375-1447]. London, 1908.

2886. SOLLY-FLOOD, F[REDERICK]. The story of prince Henry of Monmouth and chief-justice Gascoign. Royal Hist. Soc., Trans., new series, iii. 47-152. London, 1886.

Valuable for Henry's early life. On his letters and despatches, 14021405, by the same writer, see ibid., 1889, iv. 125-41.

2887. Towle, G. M.

1866.

The history of Henry V. New York,

2888. TYLER, J. E. Henry of Monmouth, or the life of Henry V. 2 vols. London, 1838.

Defends the character of Henry of Monmouth. Valuable.

2888a. VICKERS, K. H. Humphrey duke of Gloucester. London, 1907.

Valuable. For the correspondence of Humphrey duke of Gloucester, see English Historical Review, 1895, x. 99-104; 1904, xix. 509-26; 1905, xx. 484-98.

2889. *WYLIE, J. H. History of England under Henry IV. 4 vols. London, etc., 1884-98.-The reign of Henry V. Vol. i., 1413-15. Cambridge, 1914.

At the beginning of vol. ii. of Henry IV. there is a useful list of the books referred to by the author. The appendixes of vol. iv. contain extracts from documents in the Public Record Office (wardrobe accounts, etc.), an itinerary of Henry IV., etc.

c. HENRY VI. AND EDWARD IV.

Pauli's Geschichte von England, vol. v., Stubbs's Constitutional History, vol. iii., Gairdner's Paston Letters, vols. i.-iii. introd., and Ramsay's Lancaster and York (Nos. 633, 643,

2531, 2879) contain the best accounts of these two reigns. Kriehn (No. 2899) throws new light on the uprising of 1450. For military affairs, see § 68. See also Nos. 2885a, 2888a.

2890. BEAUCOURT, G. DU FRESNE DE.

VII. 6 vols. Paris, 1881-91.

Histoire de Charles

Valuable for the relations between England and France under Henry V., and especially under Henry VI.

2891. BENSEMANN, WALTHER. Richard Nevil, der Königmacher, 1428-71. Strasburg, 1898.

2891a. BRISSAUD, D[ÉSIRÉ]. Les Anglais en Guyenne. Paris, 1875.

See also Henry Ribadieu, Histoire de la Conquête de la Guyenne par les Français, Bordeaux, 1866.

2892. COOPER, W. D. John Cade's followers in Kent. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, vii. 233-71. London, 1868. Participation of Sussex in Cade's rising, 1450. Sussex Archæol. Soc., Collections, xviii. 17-36. Lewes, 1866.

See No. 2901.

2893. COSNEAU, E[UGÈNE]. Le connétable de Richemont (Artur de Bretagne), 1393-1458. Paris, 1886.

Valuable for the relations between England and France under Henry VI.

2893a. DUTHIE, D. W. The case of Sir John Fastolf, and other historical studies. London, 1907.

2894. GAIRDNER, JAMES. Jack Cade's rebellion. Fortnightly Review, xiv. 442-55. London, 1870.

See also his edition of the Paston Letters (No. 2531), vol. i. introd.; and his paper on John Cade, in Dictionary of National Biography, 1886, viii. 171-4.

2895. HABINGTON, WILLIAM. The historie of Edward IV. London, 1640.-Reprinted in White Kennett's Complete History of England, i. 429-81. London, 1706.

2896. HALL, HUBERT.

An episode of medieval nihilism [the rising of 1450]. Antiquary, xii. 57-61, 118-21. London, 1885.