IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1009: 14th-Century England, I: England and the World Beyond
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organiser: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Chris Given-Wilson, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Paper 1009-a | Archbishops of York as Patrons and Builders in the European Context (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Architecture - Religious, Architecture - Secular |
| Paper 1009-b | On the King's 'Secret Business': Household Knights and Diplomatic Service under Edward III (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Political Thought |
| Paper 1009-c | Earldoms and Governance in England and Ireland, c. 1307-1399 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Abstract | This session considers different aspects of England in a wider European context. The first paper explores the roles of earls and earldoms in both England and Ireland across the reigns of Edward II, Edward III and Richard II, asking what this tells us about power structures within and across the diverse Plantagenet lands. The second paper explores the part played by Edward III's household knights in international diplomacy during the mid-14th century. It asks why these men were so regularly chosen for service on foreign embassies, suggesting that it was the close relationship that they enjoyed with the king that ensured they were ideally suited for such politically sensitive missions. The final paper considers the interest and involvement of 14th century archbishops of York in building-projects, highlighting that they were not only patrons of cathedral architecture and art, but were also interested in constructing and preserving smaller buildings in ways that paralleled the actions of their counterparts in a European context. |