IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 802: Diplomacy in Later Medieval England
Tuesday 12 July 2005, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Jacquelyn Fernholz, Balliol College, University of Oxford |
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Moderator/Chair: | Ian Forrest, All Souls College, University of Oxford |
Paper 802-a | Disease and Diplomacy: The Impact of the Black Death Reconsidered (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 802-b | The Birth of Diplomatic Specialization?: English Embassies to France, 1375-1422 (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 802-c | The Professionalization of Royal Service: The Evidence of Henry VI's Ambassadors (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | This panel explores aspects of English diplomacy during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The first paper explores the process of diplomacy at the height of the plague years and suggests that its effects were minimal. The second paper suggests that during the period encompassing the reigns of Richard II to Henry V, a conscious shift in policy took place, encouraging geographical specialization among English ambassadors. The third paper takes the idea of specialization further by suggesting that, during the reign of Henry VI, it is possible to detect the beginnings of professionalization in the English diplomatic corps. |