IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 1122: Allegiance in Crisis?, c. 1250-1550, II: Struggles for Authority
Wednesday 3 July 2024, 11:15-12:45
| Sponsor: | White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) |
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| Organisers: | Eleanor Bailey, Department of History, University of Sheffield Katy Bennett, Department of History, University of York |
| Moderator/Chair: | Hannah Boston, School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Paper 1122-a | The Allegiance of Manorial Officials in the Welsh March during the Despenser War, 1315-1330 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Rural, Local History and Military History |
| Paper 1122-b | The Crisis of Allegiance between Byzantium and Latin Romania: The Oath-Taking Mechanisms of Michael VIII Palaiologos, 1259-1282 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Crusades, Ecclesiastical History and Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1122-c | Choosing a Parent, Choosing a Side: Edward III's Role in the Deposition of Edward II (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought and Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Historians have long struggled with the question of what bound medieval society together. The concept of allegiance permeates current scholarship and understandings of the Middle Ages, yet it has been under-discussed in its own right as a bond, emotion, asset, identity, duty or potential dilemma. This session will rectify this by exploring allegiances during struggles for authority and deposition. This theme will be explored in the context of oaths in thirteenth-century Byzantium and Latin Romania, the role of Edward II in the deposition of Edward II, and networks and allegiances in the Cologne Episcopal Feud. |