IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1732: The Life, Death, and Reputation of the Royal Prince
Thursday 7 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Society for Fourteenth Century Studies |
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Organiser: | James Bothwell, School of History, University of Leicester |
Moderator/Chair: | Alison McHardy, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
Paper 1732-a | Reputation and Public Opinion: The Political Trials and Tribulations of John of Gaunt, 1376-1386 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1732-b | Starving Prisoner, Starving Guests: The Death of Richard II and His Missing Funerary Meal (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1732-c | Royal Wills and the Royal Will (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | This session offers new research in the lives of key members of the royal family in the fourteenth century. Dodd looks at the mid-career period of John of Gaunt, considering why Gaunt attracted such negative reaction, how widespread these criticisms were, and Gaunt's response. Duch considers the lack of a funerary meal for Richard II, and further examines the significance of a king suffering a pauper's death. Given-Wilson discusses the issue of royal wills, the kinds of matters which kings included therein, the strategies they adopted to try to ensure that their wishes were obeyed, and the extent to which these were successful. Overall, this session offers interesting insights on various points of the 'lifecycle' of princes in the Middle Ages. |