IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2310: 14th-Century England, IV: Kingship, Nobility, and Service
Friday 9 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organiser: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 2310-a | 'Ruled and governed by children, and by the advice of widows': The Consequences of the 'Minorities' of Richard II and Isabella de Valois (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 2310-b | 'For the good service he has given': Service to the Crown and the Right to Reward in Henry VI's Minority, 1422 - c. 1437 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session considers various aspects of the workings of late medieval kingship. The first paper examines the shared experiences of Edmund of Lancaster, younger brother of Edward I, and Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln whose lives and careers in the service of the crown not merely intersected, but to a very large degree coalesced, with the marriage of their respective heirs, Thomas of Lancaster and Alice de Lacy. The second paper examines the two unofficial minorities that 'book-ended' Richard II's reign: his own and that of his second consort, Isabella of Valois. The paper considers the connection between these minorities and the apparent prevalence of women throughout the reign. The final paper examines the patterns of service and reward during the minority of Henry VI, arguing that the orthodox transactional model of patronage ought to be replaced with a more symbiotic structure based on shared interests between rulers and ruled. |