IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1104: Royal Absence: Royal Control
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Fourteenth Century England, Boydell & Brewer |
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| Organiser: | David Green, Centre for British Studies, Harlaxton College, University of Evansville |
| Moderator/Chairs: | David Green, Centre for British Studies, Harlaxton College, University of Evansville Bronach Kane, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Paper 1104-a | Dotage and Senility: The Illness and Reputation of Edward III in the 1370s (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1104-b | The Key to Controlling the King?: Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, and the Chamberlainship, 1381-1388 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1104-c | Henry VI's Minority: 15th-Century Manifestations of 14th-Century Precedents (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The first two papers in this panel will address how royal favourites were perceived to control access to the physical environment and person of the monarch during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II, and assess the accusation frequently levied by members of the senior nobility outside of court circles that they were being denied their ability to advise the king as his rightful counsellors. The final paper will then look this issue in reverse, addressing how questions of royal control are navigated in the physical absence (or near absence) of the king during periods of royal minority. |