Experiencing Politics and Political Culture In Britain and Ireland, c. 1300-1815
October 9, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Early Careers Researchers Conference.
Experiencing Politics and Political Culture In Britain and Ireland, c. 1300-1815
Organised by Dr Laura Flannigan, Jen Caddick and Murray Tremellen.
Popular imagination of late medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland has been dominated by famous monarchs, cunning ministers, and intrigues within the halls of power. Yet this period also saw the rise of political society, the ‘public sphere’, and increasingly ‘national’ solidarities. What did this mean for the experience of politics across these isles? This interdisciplinary conference will explore the ways in which politics and political culture were understood, interacted with, imposed, performed, dissented from and disrupted in Britain between the fourteenth- and nineteenth-centuries.
Conference Programme:
09.00: Registration opens
09.45: Opening Remarks – Dr John Cooper FSA, Director of Research and Publications
10.00: Panel 1 – Chair: Jen Caddick, University of Nottingham
The margins of English governance in the medieval lordship of Ireland in the early C14th – Elizabeth Biggs, Trinity College Dublin
The Church and Politics in Late Medieval England: The Episcopate and Edward III’s Negotiations for a Grant of Taxation in 1337 – Samuel Lane, Christ Church, University of Oxford
Sheriffs in Tudor England – Jon McGovern, Nanjing University
11.30: Break – with tea and coffee provided by SAL
11.50: Panel 2 – Chair: Laura Flannigan, St John’s College, University of Oxford
Doing It for Themselves: The de Clare Sisters’ Experiences of Politics 1307-1333 – Rhiannon Cox, University of Bristol
Free Election or Riot? Emotions, Custom and Political Authority in C16th Beverley – Jamie Graves, University of Sheffield
“Ransacking… papers for precedents”: Politics and the Past in the Exchequer of Receipt – Kirsty Wright, University of York
13.20: Exhibition in the Library on Henry VIII open for viewing and Lunch (not included)
14.20: Panel 3 – Chair: Laura Flannigan, St John’s College, University of Oxford
Pageantry, Power and Pastime: Progresses During the Reign of Henry VIII – Keely Hayes-Davies, University of York
Knights and Naves: the Political Space of the Elizabethan Chapel Royal – Oscar Patton, Jesus College, University of Oxford
‘Heere he is, happily planted & hartely welcome’: An examination of James VI & I’s inaugural progress from Edinburgh to London in 1603 – Joe Ellis, University of York
15.50: Break
16.10: Panel 4 – Chair: Murray Tremellen, University of York
Gendering British Monarchy: The Significance of George Buchanan’s Contribution, 1567-1587 – Rosa Martin, St Hugh’s, University of Oxford
Ceramics as Historical Agents – Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth, University of Leeds / V&A
Dancing Opposition: the ballroom and the 1784 Westminster election – Hillary Burlock, Queen Mary, University of London
17.40: Closing Remarks – Jen Caddick, Laura Flannigan, Murray Tremellen
18.00: Wine Reception
This event will be both in person at Burlington House and online. Please select the appropriate ticket below.
Attendance at Burlington House:
Open to anyone to join, Fellows and Non-Fellows.
Registration is essential.
Places in person will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
The event will begin at 09.00 BST. Please arrive in plenty of time.
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