IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 808: The Reign of Richard II: Papers in Honour of Nigel Saul
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Fourteenth Century England, Boydell & Brewer |
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| Organiser: | David Green, Centre for British Studies, Harlaxton College, University of Evansville |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jeffrey S. Hamilton, Department of History, Baylor University, Texas |
| Paper 808-a | Richard II and His Modern Biographers (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
| Paper 808-b | Indictments and Trials as Sources for Homicides (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Social History |
| Paper 808-c | Murder in Fleet Street: The Death of John Louther, Knight of the Shire for Westmorland in the Parliament of January 1380 (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Political Thought |
| Abstract | This panel, organised as a tribute to Emeritus Professor Nigel Saul, coincides with the publication by Boydell and Brewer of a volume recognising his tremendous contributions to the study of later medieval England and to the reign of Richard II. The first paper considers the historiography of that reign as well as methodological approaches to writing medieval biographies. The subsequent papers consider various social and political developments in the period with a particular focus on law and justice. They offer insights into the evidence that can be gleaned from indictment and trial records as well as some of the logistics involved in holding a later medieval Parliament. |