Outputs (15)

The Clerical Chancellors of Late Medieval England (2014)
Book Chapter
Dodd, G. (2014). The Clerical Chancellors of Late Medieval England. In M. Heale (Ed.), The Prelate in England and Europe, c. 1300 - c. 1560, (17-49). York Medieval Press/Boydell and Brewer

Reason, conscience and equity: bishops as the king's judges in later Medieval England (2014)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2014). Reason, conscience and equity: bishops as the king's judges in later Medieval England. History, 99(335), https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229X.12052

It has long been recognized that many late medieval bishops were heavily involved in secular government. Scholars have tended to characterize these activities in fairly general terms, labelling those who chose to serve the crown as ‘administrators’,... Read More about Reason, conscience and equity: bishops as the king's judges in later Medieval England.

Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405 (2014)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2014). Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405. English Historical Review, 129(538), https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceu117

In the second half of the fourteenth century, petitioners hoping to secure royal grace began addressing the king in an increasingly obsequious and ostentatious manner. A strong historiographical tradition is now established which regards this develop... Read More about Kingship, parliament and the court: the emergence of "high style" in petitions to the English crown, c.1350-1405.

Was Thomas Favent a political pamphleteer? Faction and politics in later fourteenth-century London (2011)
Journal Article
Dodd, G. (2011). Was Thomas Favent a political pamphleteer? Faction and politics in later fourteenth-century London. Journal of Medieval History, 37(4), 397-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmedhist.2011.09.003

Thomas Favent's Historia has long been recognised as an important source for the turbulent middle years of Richard II's reign, in particular for its praise of the actions of the Lords Appellant in the Merciless Parliament of 1388. But why did Favent... Read More about Was Thomas Favent a political pamphleteer? Faction and politics in later fourteenth-century London.

Richard II and the Fiction of Majority Rule (2008)
Book Chapter
Dodd, G. (2008). Richard II and the Fiction of Majority Rule. In C. Beem (Ed.), The Royal Minorities of Medieval and Early Modern England (103-159). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230616189_4

For Thomas Walsingham, one of the first occasions when Richard II revealed the true nature of his rule came in the Summer of 1383 when, accompanied by his new queen, he went on a “shrine-crawl” of the eastern counties, imposing himself and his househ... Read More about Richard II and the Fiction of Majority Rule.