IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 111: The Pleasure of Archives: Uncovering England in the 13th Century
Monday 1 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Kathleen Neal, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria |
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Moderator/Chair: | Sean Cunningham, The National Archives, Kew |
Paper 111-a | Constructing the Past in England's Borderlands: A Curious Case from 13th-Century Monmouth (Language: English) |
Paper 111-b | Richard of Cornwall, Recoinage, and Reform in the Mints and Exchanges in the Reign of Henry III (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Numismatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 111-c | Power and the Pleasure of Prose: The Correspondence of Edward I and Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Politics and Diplomacy, Rhetoric |
Abstract | Among the great pleasures of medieval history is working with original documents. This session draws heavily on unpublished archival materials from The National Archives, Kew, examining elements of royal and lordly administrative culture in 13th-century England. Richard Cassidy elucidates the profits, politics, and practicalities of the recoinage financed by Henry III's brother, Richard of Cornwall; and Kathleen Neal discusses what considerations influenced the wording of an ideologically-significant letter from Edward I to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. |