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The Severn Sea: Urban networks and connections in the fifteenth century (2018)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2018). The Severn Sea: Urban networks and connections in the fifteenth century. In E. T. Jones, & R. Stone (Eds.), The World of the Newport Medieval Ship: Trade, Politics and Shipping in the Mid-Fifteenth Century (115-134). Wales: University of Wales Press

This chapter will examine the range and nature of these connections. In particular, it considers the links between the northern coast of the English south-western peninsula (Somerset, Devon and Cornwall) and south Wales from the point of view of Bri... Read More about The Severn Sea: Urban networks and connections in the fifteenth century.

Women in Bristol, 1373-1660 (2016)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2016). Women in Bristol, 1373-1660. In M. Dresser (Ed.), Women and the City: Bristol, 1373-2000 (15-44). Bristol: Redcliffe Press

A discussion of the evidence for the lives of women in later medieval and early-modern Bristol, with specific reference to what can be learned from this of their interaction with men and their ability to influence the life of the town/city.

Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony (2016)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2016). Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony. In P. Crooks, D. Green, & W. M. Ormrod (Eds.), The Plantaganet Empire, 1259–1453 Proceedings of the 2014 Harlaxton Symposium (369-381). Donington: Paul Watkins

A discussion of the economic, social and political consequences to Bristol of the final English loss of Gascony in 1453. The discussion considers the possibility that this event encouraged Bristol-based exploration of the Mediterranean and the Atlant... Read More about Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony.

The battles of Mortimer’s Cross and Second St. Albans: The regional dimension (2015)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2015). The battles of Mortimer’s Cross and Second St. Albans: The regional dimension. In L. Clark (Ed.), The Fifteenth Century XIV: Essays Presented to Michael Hicks (91-102). Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer

This chapter discusses two battles during the 15th-century Wars of the Roses from the point of view of strategy in the west of England and Anglo-Welsh Marches, and suggests that their outcome was crucial - and hitherto unappreciated - to the politica... Read More about The battles of Mortimer’s Cross and Second St. Albans: The regional dimension.

The landed Elite, 1300-1500 (2010)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2010). The landed Elite, 1300-1500. In S. Sweetinburgh (Ed.), Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540. Boydell and Brewer