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Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England (2023)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2023). Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 67, 85-117

By the start of the fourteenth century the petition was established as one of the most important modes of communication between towns and cities on the one hand, and the English crown on the other. Petitions underscored the need of urban communities... Read More about Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England.

Parliament, politics and protocol: the Modus tenendi parliamentum and the settlement of the realm under Edward II (2022)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2022). Parliament, politics and protocol: the Modus tenendi parliamentum and the settlement of the realm under Edward II. Journal of Medieval History, 48(5), 631-663. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2022.2131601

The Modus tenendi parliamentum has long perplexed scholars. For over a century they have battled to make sense of its 26 chapters, which purport to describe the centuries-old traditions, functions and processes of the English parliament. A number of... Read More about Parliament, politics and protocol: the Modus tenendi parliamentum and the settlement of the realm under Edward II.

Henry Knighton, the Commons and the crisis of governance in the 1380s (2021)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2021). Henry Knighton, the Commons and the crisis of governance in the 1380s. Historical Research, 94(264), 235-266. https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htab005

This discussion provides the first in-depth investigation into the meaning and significance of a quite exceptional petition presented by the parliamentary Commons in the reign of Richard II. The petition survives as a unique copy in the chronicle of... Read More about Henry Knighton, the Commons and the crisis of governance in the 1380s.

County and Community in Medieval England (2019)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2019). County and Community in Medieval England. English Historical Review, 134(569), 777–820. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cez187

The following are two typical 'county community' petitions from the first half of the fourteenth century, presented in the parliaments of 1322 and 1344 respectively: 1. To our lord the king and to his council, the community of the county of Lincolnsh... Read More about County and Community in Medieval England.

Law, Legislation, and Consent in the Plantagenet Empire: Wales and Ireland, 1272–1461 (2017)
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Dodd, G. (2017). Law, Legislation, and Consent in the Plantagenet Empire: Wales and Ireland, 1272–1461. Journal of British Studies, 56(2), 225-249. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2017.4

In recent years, scholars have begun to look afresh at the dynamics of English “imperial” power in the late medieval period, but the extent to which the English dominions were subject to English law and legislation – and why and how these influences... Read More about Law, Legislation, and Consent in the Plantagenet Empire: Wales and Ireland, 1272–1461.