IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 507: Will Power: Sex, Politics, and Salvation in the Logge Register of PCC Wills 1479-86
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Richard III Society |
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| Organiser: | Lesley Boatwright |
| Moderator/Chair: | Lesley Boatwright |
| Paper 507-a | Admission Fees at the Pearly Gates: Nice Little Earners for the Craftsman and the Chaplain (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Lay Piety, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 507-b | Merry Widows and Grave Choices (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Paper 507-c | The Will of William, Lord Hastings, Executed 1483 (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Abstract | We consider what wills in the Logge Register can tell us about the lives of women, their expectations, and the control they could exercise, or expect to be subjected to. Was marriage a desirable destiny, a business choice, or a matter of survival? We look at the salvation strategy of charitable giving. To what extent was this carefully planned, and who pocketed the most? Many of the testators died between 1483 and 1485, including William, Lord Hastings (executed 1483) and William Catesby (hanged 1485). Do their wills shed any light on the short reign of Richard III? |