IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 607: Royal Will and the Governance of England, 1216-1307
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Benjamin Linley Wild, Sherborne School |
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Moderator/Chair: | Michael Clanchy, Institute of Historical Research, University of London |
Paper 607-a | 'Pro bona volunate regis': King Henry III and the Cost of Royal Anger (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Political Thought |
Paper 607-b | To Dictate or Delegate?: The Language of Governance in English Royal Letters, 1272-1307 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Political Thought |
Paper 607-c | Royal Charters and Charter Witnessing under Edward I (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Political Thought |
Abstract | Focusing on the reigns of Henry III (1216-1272) and Edward I (1272-1307), this session will consider the forms and extent of the king's personal intervention in the administration of his realm post Magna Carta. In 1955, JEA Jolliffe's provocative study, Angevin Kingship, concluded by stating that England's late 12th- and early 13th-century monarchs were like leeches; they used (and abused) the resources of their kingdom, their subjects included, for their own benefit. The papers in this session will examine the extent to which this accusation could also be levelled at their successors. |