IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 303: What Happened Next?: How Retainers Cope with Rich Lord's Death

Organiser:	Andrew M. Spencer, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
Moderator/Chair:	Adrian R. Bell, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre, University of Reading
Paper 303-a	'Apres moi, le deluge': The Lancastrian Affinity after Earl Thomas (Language: English) Andrew M. Spencer, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 303-b	Retinues under Stress: The Impact of War Mortalities on Military Networks during the Later Middle Ages (Language: English) David Simpkin, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre, University of Reading Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 303-c	'We, my blessed Lord Gloucester's servants, may now come out of hiding': The Fate of Duke Humphrey's Posthumous Retinue (Language: English) Lucy Clare Rhymer, Cambridge University Press Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Abstract	This session aims to look at the careers of soldiers and retainers after the violent death of their lords, either in battle or on the scaffold. How do they cope with the loss of income and prestige that came with following a great lord? Do they seek to attach themselves to another lord with similar or different political allegiances to their old master? The session will help illustrate the inner workings of affinities and help answer the important question of how cohesive they were.