IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1206: Stages of Life in Late Medieval England
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Department of History, University of Winchester / Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research, Swansea University |
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| Organiser: | Gordon McKelvie, Department of History, University of Winchester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Katherine Weikert, Department of Archaeology / Department of History, University of Winchester |
| Paper 1206-a | Widening Participation: The Role of Wykeham in Medieval Educational Reform (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Education, Genealogy and Prosopography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1206-b | 'To be her men and wear her livery': Widows and Political Power in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1206-c | The Medieval Life-Cycle (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Demography, Social History |
| Abstract | Much like today those who lived in late medieval England experienced various stages of life. As people went through these different stages of life there was a renewal in precisely what society expected from them and their economic and political opportunities. Historians are now beginning to appreciate the importance of age and the life cycle for examining the late medieval period. The papers in this strand are not exactly about 'life cycle' in the strictest sense of the term - birth/youth/age/death - but are instead focused on range of experiences of distinct phases of life, notably education, employment, widowhood, and its potential for exercising political power, and middle age. Together these papers will bring new insights in the social, economic, and political life of late medieval England. |