"A solid monograph...An intelligent and interesting work."--Albion

"A clear, bold, and thoughtful work, based on a wide ad meticulous search of intractable sources."--American Historical Review

"An important book that urges a re-reading of familiar assessments of authority and rank, and makes the distinction between allegations and a reconstruction of 'what really happened.'"--CHOICE

"Fascinating study...This is a well-researched and carefully argued book which will undoubtedly change the way we think of fifteenth-century England"--The Historian

"An important, original and compelling book. It brings new insights to a subject with which most historians of late-medieval society probably thought they were familiar."--Times Literary Supplement