IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1309: Gentry Identity and Legacy, II: Landscape and Architecture
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
Organisers: | Katie Bridger, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester Matthew Ward, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
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Moderator/Chair: | Philip J. Morgan, Research Institute for the Humanities, Keele University |
Respondent: | Matthew Ward, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
Paper 1309-a | Love Thy Neighbour?: Geographical Proximity and Gentry Identity in Leicestershire, c. 1460-1540 (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Geography and Settlement Studies, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1309-b | Tattershall and Beyond: Elite Architecture in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy |
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?'. This session brings together current gentry research in an attempt to better understand this complex and nuanced group. 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 methods used by the gentry to manipulate the local landscape for self-expression, taking both the built and the physical environment into account. |