IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1604: Violence, Conflict, and Negotiation in Medieval Ireland and Britain, IV: Gentry Violence, Parliament, and Intermarriage
Thursday 7 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval History Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin |
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| Organiser: | Áine Foley, Medieval History Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Paul R. Dryburgh, The National Archives, London |
| Paper 1604-a | Politics by Other Means: Gentry Violence in 15th-Century Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1604-b | Negotiated Authorities in Ireland and Britain: Parliamentary Discourse in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1604-c | Intermarriage in Colonial Ireland: Past Interpretations and Future Questions (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | The first paper will explore the involvement of the English gentry of Ireland in the constant, small-scale warfare endemic to 15th-century Ireland, and consider how gentry families used violence and conflict to secure or advance their position in society. The second paper will compare and discuss how the 'language of community' was used in Irish and British parliaments to negotiate power and authority in the 15th century. The final paper will examine and critically assess the assumptions made by commentators and historians on the phenomenon of intermarriage in colonial Ireland. Historical research has offered new insights and more nuanced opinions, but there is still much to gain from close investigation into intermarriage. Therefore, several lines of new inquiry will be suggested. |