IMC 2004: Sessions

Session 1317: The Deposition of Kings in Late Medieval Europe

Sponsor:	British Academy Network: English Political Culture in Comparison
Organiser:	Björn Weiler, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University
Moderator/Chair:	Chris Given-Wilson, Department of Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews
Paper 1317-a	The Tyrant, his Wife, her Lover, and the Commune: The Deposition of Edward II (1327) (Language: English) Frank Rexroth, Seminar für Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1317-b	Christian Sovereignty and Jewish Tyranny: A Medieval Resistance… (Language: English) David Nirenberg, Department of History, Johns Hopkins University Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1317-c	Mad Kings and Psychopaths?: Deposing Kings in the Late Medieval… (Language: English) Michael Brown, Department of Scottish History, University of St Andrews Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	The papers in this session will explore the means, mechanisms and concepts according to and by which the deposition of a king or ruler was argued, demanded or justified. It will, furthermore, do so within a broader comparative framework, incorporating the kingdoms of Aragon, Castille, Portugal, Scotland and England.