IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 529: 14th-Century Studies, IV: Papacy, Poetry, and War
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organiser: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 529-a | John XXII and the Deposition of Edward II: A European Perspective (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 529-b | 'Fer in the North, I Kan Nat Telle Where': Gentility and Provincialism in Chaucer's Reeve's Tale (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Local History, Social History |
| Paper 529-c | Just War Doctrine and Military Conduct around 1385 (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Military History |
| Abstract | This session show cases new research in 14th century politics and culture. The first paper examines the policy of pope John XXII towards England, especially in the crucial period of Edward II's deposition in 1326/1327. A key question it addresses is how and why letters issued at the papal court concerning English politics decreased dramatically during this period of political uncertainty. The second paper sheds new light on Richard II's military Ordinances of 1385 seeking to place them within a wider context of late medieval Just War theory and military conduct. The third paper considers Chaucer's depiction of John and Alain, two Cambridge students, in his Reeve's Tale. Although they came from a wealthy gentry family, prominent in the Crown administration of Northumberland, they are portrayed as uncouth, ill-mannered boors. The paper considers why Chaucer chose to represent them thus, and what this tells about differing conceptions of gentility in London and the provinces in 14th-century England. |