Prosopography and the World of Late Medieval England

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Prosopography; Society of the White Hart

Organizer Name

Valerie L. Garver

Organizer Affiliation

Northern Illinois Univ.

Presider Name

Joel T. Rosenthal

Presider Affiliation

Stony Brook Univ.

Paper Title 1

Friends, Foes, and Pardons of Richard II

Presenter 1 Name

John Lowell Leland

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Salem International Univ.

Paper Title 2

Render unto Caesar: Royal and Ecclesiastical Service in the Careers of the Canons of Saint Stephen's College, Westminster in the Later Middle Ages

Presenter 2 Name

Elizabeth Biggs

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of York

Paper Title 3

Peasant Participation in National Politics: Suggestions Provided from Fifteenth-Century Huntingdonshire

Presenter 3 Name

Anne R. DeWindt

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Detroit Mercy

Start Date

12-5-2016 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1275

Description

This session focuses on prosopographical work concerning late medieval England. Because so many sources survive from late medieval England, prosopographical research provides a useful and relatively accessible way to organize much of the data on English people at virtually any level of society. Various documents record information on individuals and groups. The papers in this session apply the questions and methods of "collective biography" to their sources in order to get an idea of how society, in its many layers and hierarchies, operated.

Valerie L. Garver