Programme: Autumn Term 2024
Wednesday 16th October, 7.30pm.
Dr Andy King
Chair: Professor Daniel Power
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‘Once Upon A Time In The Borders: Contrasts and Comparisons between the Welsh and Scottish Marches.’
The kingdom of England had two land borders, with Wales and with Scotland; over the course of the Middle Ages, both of these borders came to be designated as ‘Marches’. Differing conditions on both sides of the Welsh and Scottish borders ensured that their respective Marches developed in very different ways; in particular, the contrasting natures of the Welsh and Scottish polities, and the consequently differing course of Anglo-Welsh and Anglo-Scottish relations, resulted in widely divergent seigneurial and governmental institutions. What were the natures of these institutions? And what features – if any – did the Welsh and Scottish Marches nevertheless have in common?
Andy King
is a lecturer in mediaeval history at the University of Southampton, and a tutor at the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. Amongst other works, he edited Sir Thomas Gray’s Scalacronica, and wrote Edward I: A New King Arthur? for the Penguin Monarchs series; he has also published on late-medieval Anglo-Scottish relations; armies and warfare; chivalry, treason and the laws of war; chronicles; and castles, as well as contributing a chapter to The Mortimers of Wigmore: Dynasty of Destiny. His co-edited volume Documenting Warfare: Records of the Hundred Years War Edited and Translated in Honour of Anne Curry will be published later this year.
Wednesday 20th November, 7.30pm.
Dr Rhun Emlyn
Chair: TBA
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‘Ecclesiastical Espionage?: Privilege, Conspiracy and Loyalty during the Glyndŵr Rebellion’.
When studying the role of the clergy during the Glyndŵr Rebellion there has been a tendency to focus on certain prominent ecclesiastics or frustrations felt by Welsh clergy generally. This paper will demonstrate the value of following the trail of individuals who might not seem particularly prominent but whose lives throw new light on the nature of the rebellion. By focussing on one previously unstudied cleric the paper will explore the role of privilege and loyalty in the rebellion, and offer an insight into espionage activity conducted on Glyndŵr’s behalf.
Rhun Emlyn
is a lecturer in medieval and Welsh history at Aberystwyth University. He has specialised in the careers of medieval Welsh students and clergy and is currently exploring the involvement and role of clergy in the Glyndŵr Rebellion.