IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 750: 14th-Century England, III: Beyond Borders - The Boundaries of the State, the Army, and the Economy in 14th-Century England
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organiser: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | James Bothwell, School of History, University of Leicester |
| Paper 750-a | Passports, Please!: Patrolling England's Borders in the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 750-b | Alien Soldiers in the English Army: The Boundaries of Loyalty (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Demography, Military History |
| Paper 750-c | Craftspeople without Borders: The Black Death, the Consumer Society, and the Immigration of Skilled Artisans in Later Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Abstract | This session will consider the existence and role of the borders around England in the 14th century, with each paper examining different aspects of this general theme: the state's provision of policing for its borders; the role of foreigners resident in the realm, including craftspeople, in English armies; and the contribution of alien immigrants to the burgeoning market for both staple and luxury goods during the consumer boom after the Black Death. Taken together, the three papers represent a significant re-fashioning of conventional ideas about England as isolated or self-contained in the later Middle Ages. |