IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1106: 14th-Century England, II: Trial, Execution, and Exile in 14th-Century England
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organiser: | James Bothwell, School of History, University of Leicester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Helen Lacey, Mansfield College, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1106-a | Language, Identity, and Political Subjecthood in English Trials for Treason, c. 1395-1405 (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Language and Literature - Latin, Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1106-b | Judicial Execution in 14th-Century Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1106-c | Internal Exile: 'Forced' and 'Voluntary' Exclusions from the English Court, 1307-1397 (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This panel looks at three stages of downfall in the Middle Ages: trial, execution and exile. We start with the use of language and discourse in the treason cases around 1400, with particular attention to the way discourses of true and false manhood interacted with ideas about 'tongue' and blood in the construction of and resistance to charges of treason. Thereafter looking at the execution of felons in 14th-century Ireland, and how it compared to English practice, we end off with a discussion of those out of favour who were pushed, or jumped, from the political stage, and yet stayed in the country of their disgrace. |