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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1106: Gentry Identity and Legacy, I: Administration and Gentility

Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45

Organisers:Katie Bridger, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester
Matthew Ward, Department of History, University of Nottingham
Moderator/Chair:Raluca Radulescu, Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Bangor University
Paper 1106-aIdentity and Public Authority: The Gentry of Wakefield, 1300-1347
(Language: English)
Susanna Markert, Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1106-bCentre and Periphery: The Local Gentry and the Enforcement of the Early Reformation in the South-West of England
(Language: English)
Thomas J. Morrissey, Department of History, University of Liverpool
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Genealogy and Prosopography, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1106-cThe Problem of the Gentry: How to Identify a Gentleman in 15th-Century England
(Language: English)
Kristin Pinyan, Department of History, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History
Abstract

The world of the gentry has received substantial attention from historians in recent years, led by the disarmingly simple question of 'Who were the gentry?'. Current research is brought together here in an attempt to better understand this complex group, and to raise questions for future exploration. Adopting a broad range of inter-disciplinary approaches, the contributions consider the creation, consolidation, and expression of gentry identity and legacy in the localities and on the national stage. This session focuses on the impact of gentry involvement in local administration, and the problems faced in defining this particularly nuanced branch of society.