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IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 506: The Late Medieval English Parliament, I

Tuesday 2 July 2019, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:History of Parliament Trust
Organiser:Hannes Kleineke, History of Parliament Trust, London
Moderator/Chair:Chris Given-Wilson, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Paper 506-aParliament and the 15th-Century Phase of the Hundred Years War
(Language: English)
Anne Curry, Department of History, University of Southampton
Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 506-bThe Bury Parliament of 1447
(Language: English)
Charles Moreton, History of Parliament Trust, London
Index terms: Local History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 506-cThe King's Parliament of England (without the King): The Parliament of 1453
(Language: English)
Hannes Kleineke, History of Parliament Trust, London
Index terms: Local History, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract

In 2019 the History of Parliament will publish its first set of volumes relating to the middle ages since the volumes for 1386-1421 appeared in 1992. The new set, in preparation for over 25 years, covers the Parliaments of the reign of Henry VI. The papers in this session showcase some of the major themes in the English parliamentary history of the period: the role of Parliament in the final phase of the hundred years’ war; the lordly rivalries that ultimately broke out into open civil war; and the decline of royal authority in the face of the King's mental collapse.