Table of Contents

Introduction: The Livery Collar and its Contexts
Function, Meaning and Significance
The Political Milieu
Visual Culture, Agency and Identities of Association
The Appearance of Lancastrian and Yorkist Livery Collars on Church Monuments: Distribution and Motivations
Livery Collars in Wales and the Edgecote Connection
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Genealogies
Appendix 2: Livery Collars on Church Monuments in England, Wales and Ireland to c. 1540
Bibliography

About the Author

MATTHEW WARD teaches medieval history at the University of Nottingham.

Reviews

Carefully researched and well-written..[The author] Ward has rendered a valuable service to scholars of the late Middle Ages by focusing on one of the more ubiquitous cultural symbols of the age.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*

A revelation for anyone interested in livery collars and what they meant.
*THE RICARDIAN*