Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations in the Later Middle Ages

Helen Fulton is Chair of Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol. CAROLYN COLLETTE is an American literary critic whose work has focused on late Medieval Anglo-French literary culture. She is Professor Emerita of English literature at Mount Holyoke College. Helen Fulton is Chair of Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol. VICTORIA FLOOD is Associate Professor in Medieval and Early Modern Literature at the University of Birmingham.

• Introduction: Historical and Literary Connections between Britain and Italyin the Middle Ages - Michele CampopianoWriting, Translating and Imagining Italy in the Polychronicon - Margaret BridgesRichard de Bury, Petrarch and Avignon - Carolyn P ColletteRoman Law in the North: York and Italian Juridical and Political Thinkers, c. 1380-1414 - Michele CampopianoItalian Firms in Late Medieval England and their Bankruptcy: Re-reading an Old History of Financial Crisis - Ignazio Del Punta'Nostri Fratelli da Londra': The Lucchese Community in Late Medieval England - Bart Lambert'Saluti da Londra': Italian Merchants in the City of London in the Late Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries - Helen BradleyPolitical Joachism and the English Franciscans: The Rumour of Richard II's Return - Victoria FloodUrban History in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: The Influence of Classical and Italian Models - Helen FultonAfterword: The Nature of Anglo-Italian Cultural Exchanges - Helen FultonBibliographyIndex

[T]hese essays succeed admirably in assessing specific aspects of English economic, political, religious, and cultural life