John Capgrave's Fifteenth CenturyBritain of the fifteenth century was rife with social change, religious dissent, and political upheaval. Amid this ferment lived John CapgraveAustin friar, doctor of theology, leading figure in East Anglian society, and noted author. Nowhere are the tensions and anxieties of this critical period, spanning the close of the medieval and the dawn of early modern eras, more eloquently conveyed than in Capgrave's works. John Capgrave's Fifteenth Century is