IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 210: Interpreting the Political Climate, II: Justifying Authority through Political Language
Monday 5 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Daniella Gonzalez, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS), University of Kent |
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Moderator/Chair: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
Paper 210-a | Justifying Female Royal Rulership: Political Language in Royal Heiresses' Claims to Medieval Thrones, 1109-1328 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Gender Studies, Political Thought, Women's Studies |
Paper 210-b | Authority and Power in Late Medieval London: Nicholas Brembre and John of Gaunt's Political Language - A Case Study (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
Paper 210-c | The Language of Power and the Construction of Royal Authority in Early Tudor England (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Rhetoric |
Abstract | This panel focuses on political language and how it was used to negotiate political climates. The study of political language and discourse is vital in understanding the cultural, historical, social and political contexts of the late medieval world. The first of these papers explores how political language was strategically utilised when making a claim to a throne by royal heiresses, the second the way that two key political figures within medieval London utilised political language and ideas to justify their civic power, and the third examines the early Tudor Age, analysing how Henry VII constructed his royal authority. These papers show how political language was employed when claims and authority could be justified in challenging situations. |