Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England
This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages. Breaking new ground, this book considers all aspects of women’s access to
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Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England W. Mark Ormrod
The New Middle Ages Series Editor Bonnie Wheeler English and Medieval Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX, USA
The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to pluridisciplinary studies of medieval cultures, with particular emphasis on recuperating women’s history and on feminist and gender analyses. This peer-reviewed series includes both scholarly monographs and essay collections. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14239
W. Mark Ormrod
Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England
W. Mark Ormrod York, UK
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Preface
This study of Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England began life as a long article and turned rapidly into a short book. I am extremely grateful to Megan Laddusaw and Allie Troyanos for picking up my ideas for a Palgrave Pivot with such alacrity, and to Bonnie Wheeler, the editor of ‘The New Middle Ages’ series, for her support of the project’s inclusion in the series list. I record my thanks to Cordelia Beattie, Gwilym Dodd, Judith Frost, Helen Lacey, Amanda McVitty and Anthony Musson for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this study, to Jonathan Mackman and Shelagh Sneddon for expert readings of documents, and to Shelagh Sneddon for
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