Dynastic Change and Medieval Monarchy

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Royal Studies Network

Organizer Name

Elena Woodacre

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Winchester

Presider Name

Elena Woodacre

Paper Title 1

Royal Blood, True Heirship, Rights of Conquest, and Rules of Law: Succession Controversies in France in the First Half of the Fifteenth Century

Presenter 1 Name

Robin A. Gower

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Georgian Court Univ.

Paper Title 2

Dynastic Change in the Castilian Crown: The Legitimacy of the Trastamara Kings (1366-1406)

Presenter 2 Name

Covadonga Valdaliso

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. de Coimbra

Paper Title 3

Portugal, 1383-1385: "Coup d´État" or Democracy? The End of the First Dynasty and the Transition to the Second

Presenter 3 Name

Isabel de Pina Balerias

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. de Lisboa

Paper Title 4

Reconciling Royal Relationships: Implications of the New Manuscript Ending for the Encomium Emmae reginae and Eleventh-Century Dynastic Change

Presenter 4 Name

Mae Kilker

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Start Date

9-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1145

Description

This session will examine the impact of dynastic change in kingdoms across Europe over the course of the Middle Ages. The papers will investigate aspects of dynastic transition and the legitimacy of new dynasties including the Valois in France and the Trastamara dynasty in Castile. Challenges to existing dynasties will be discussed including the successful overthrow of the regent Leonor Teles in Portugal which enabled the rise of the new Avis dynasty in the late fourteenth century. The use of texts to justify or legitimate dynastic change will also be investigated in the context of the 'Encomium Emmae Reginae'. Taken together, these papers will shed new light on the dynamics of dynastic change in the Middle Ages and its effect on the practice of medieval monarchy.

Elena (Ellie) C. Woodacre