IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1525: Politics, Family, and Community in 13th-Century England
Thursday 13 July 2006, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
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| Organiser: | Louise J. Wilkinson, Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Björn Weiler, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University |
| Paper 1525-a | The Unsatisfactory Marriages of Margaret FitzGerold (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History, Women’s Studies |
| Paper 1525-b | Earl Richard, the Honour of Wallingford, and the Barons' War (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1525-c | Eleanor de Montfort and the Barons' War (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History, Women’s Studies |
| Abstract | This session examines the politicisation of ties of community and Family in England during the 13th century. Michael's paper focuses on the matrimonial carreer of Margaret FitzGerold, wife first to the heir of the Earl of Devon, and second to Falkes de Bréauté, King John's hated, lowborn, alien soldier. The second marriage was a personal disaster but Margaret had her revenge when she failed to stand by her man when Falkes fell from power. Adrian's paper considers Earl Richard of Cornwall's association with the hundred of Wallingford and local bonds of political faction during the period of the baronial reform and rebellion (1258-1265). Drawing on Eleanor de Montfort's household roll, Louise's paper explores the role played by this noblewoman in supporting her husband's political activities during the tumultuous events of 1265. |