Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Kathleen Neal, Monash University, Australia Anne M. Scott, University of Western Australia, Australia Stephanie Downes, University of Melbourne, Australia P. J. P. Goldberg, University of York, UK Merridee L. Bailey, University of Adelaide, Australia Stephanie Tarbin, University of Western Australia, Australia Sarah Randles, University of Melbourne, Australia Diana Barnes, University of Queensland, Australia Amanda L. Capern, University of Hull, UK

• Introduction: Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England; Susan Broomhall1. From Letters to Loyalty: Aline la Despenser and the Meaning(s) of a Noblewoman ' 's Correspondence in Thirteenth-Century England; Kathleen Neal2. The Role of Exempla in Educating through Emotion: The Deadly Sin of ' 'Lecherye ' ' in Robert Mannyng ' 's Handlyng Synne (1303–1317); Anne M. Scott3. How to be ' 'Both ' ': Bilingual and Gendered Emotions in Late Medieval English Balade Sequences; Stephanie Downes4. St Richard Scrope, the Devout Widow, and the Feast of Corpus Christi: Exploring Emotions, Gender, and Governance in Early Fifteenth-Century York; P. J. P. Goldberg5. Anxieties with Political and Social Order in Fifteenth-Century England; Merridee L. Bailey6. Raising Girls and Boys: Fear, Awe and Dread in the Early Modern Household; Stephanie Tarbin7. Authority in the French Church in Later Sixteenth-Century London; Susan Broomhall8. ' 'The Pattern of All Patience ' ': Gender, Agency, and Emotions in Embroidery and Pattern Books in Early Modern England; Sarah Randles9. A Subject for Love in The Merry Wives of Windsor; Diana Barnes10. Emotions, Gender Expectations and the Social Role of Chancery, 1550–1650; Amanda L. Capern

"This ground-breaking collection brings together a series of fine essays which explore the interchange between emotions, authority and influence, especially in a gendered context, in late medieval and early modern England. It will be compulsory reading for students and scholars who want to start exploring this fascinating new field." - Christopher Fletcher, CNRS-University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), France