Exercising Authority and Exerting Influence II: Unleashing the Power Within: Reassessing Royal and Elite Domestic Spaces
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Royal Studies Network
Organizer Name
Zita Eva Rohr
Organizer Affiliation
Macquarie Univ.
Presider Name
Elena Woodacre
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Winchester
Paper Title 1
The Truth Is Rarely Pure and Never Simple: "Discreet Dissimulation" in Late Medieval Female Households and Courts
Presenter 1 Name
Zita Eva Rohr
Paper Title 2
Mary Stuart: Poor Princess, or Rock of Convictions?
Presenter 2 Name
James H. Dahlinger, SJ
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Le Moyne College
Paper Title 3
Respondent
Presenter 3 Name
Lisa Benz
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Start Date
13-5-2017 3:30 PM
Session Location
Bernhard 205
Description
There has been a marked shift in early modern political history away from the study of the formal or professional sphere of institutions and office bearers towards informal political spheres, such as the non-institutional and domestic. Recent scholarship has demonstrated that all modern political systems have been produced within an informal political arena alongside government. Building upon these innovative studies this session will discuss the ways in which royal and elite medieval men and women deployed their influence and agency from within their nominal domestic spaces. They were perfectly positioned for, competent in, and fundamental to the development of the territorial monarchies that won the geopolitical conflicts of early modern Europe, and which were the progenitors of the the modern state. Medieval royal and elite domestic households were critical to the success of these territorial monarchies, and were cornerstones in the development of the early modern state.
Zita Rohr
Exercising Authority and Exerting Influence II: Unleashing the Power Within: Reassessing Royal and Elite Domestic Spaces
Bernhard 205
There has been a marked shift in early modern political history away from the study of the formal or professional sphere of institutions and office bearers towards informal political spheres, such as the non-institutional and domestic. Recent scholarship has demonstrated that all modern political systems have been produced within an informal political arena alongside government. Building upon these innovative studies this session will discuss the ways in which royal and elite medieval men and women deployed their influence and agency from within their nominal domestic spaces. They were perfectly positioned for, competent in, and fundamental to the development of the territorial monarchies that won the geopolitical conflicts of early modern Europe, and which were the progenitors of the the modern state. Medieval royal and elite domestic households were critical to the success of these territorial monarchies, and were cornerstones in the development of the early modern state.
Zita Rohr