MICHAEL HICKS, the academic director, is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Winchester and author of Richard III: The Self-Made King (Yale, 2019), among many other books and articles. PETER FLEMING is Professor Emerius,University of the West of England.

• Fast and Fast: Conspicuous Consumption and the Diet of the Nobility in the Fifteenth Century - Christopher WoolgarExploitation and Control: The Royal Administration of Magnate Estates, 1397-1405 - Alastair DunnThe Knightly Household of Richard II and the Peace Commissions - Shelagh MitchellThe Earl of Warwick and the Royal Affinity in the Politics of the West Midlands, 1389-99 - Alison GundyThe Estates, Finances and Regal Aspirations of Richard Plantagenet (1411-60), Duke of York - T B PughMiddlesex in the Fifteenth Century: County Community or Communities? - Jessica FreemanRegional Prosperity in Fifteenth-Century England: Some Evidence from Wessex - John HareThe Trade of Fifteenth-Century Cambridge and its Region - John LeeDurham Cathedral Priory's Consumption of Imported Goods: Wines and Spices, 1464-1520 - Miranda Threlfall-HolmesThe Impact of St Swithun's Priory on the City of Winchester in the Later Middle Ages - Winifred HarwoodTelling Tales of Oligarchy in the Late Medieval Town - Peter W Fleming

Hicks adeptly draws out the themes of this diverse and rewarding volue, rightly observing hat it reflects the vigour and debate of late medieval studies. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Fifteenth-century studies are very much alive and well... able to generate new and challenging research agendas. This excellent collection reflects that well.