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Reflections on the Field: Teaching Medieval History through Active Learning and Role-Play (2024)
Journal Article
Hefferan, M. (2024). Reflections on the Field: Teaching Medieval History through Active Learning and Role-Play. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 68, 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NMS.5.144835

It is common for undergraduate students who have not studied medieval history before (or have not done so in any great depth) to be nervous and potentially unenthusiastic about approaching it for the first time at university. To help students overcom... Read More about Reflections on the Field: Teaching Medieval History through Active Learning and Role-Play.

The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England (2021)
Book
Hefferan, M. (2021). The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England. Boydell & Brewer

First extended survey of the subject, looking at the knights' activities, roles, background and service.

It was common for the kings of medieval England to retain a small number of knights in their personal service, as part of the royal household.... Read More about The Household Knights of Edward III: Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England.

Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688 (2020)
Book
Ward, M., & Hefferan, M. (Eds.). (2020). Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688. Palgrave Macmillan

Explores how loyalty to the British monarchs was cultivated, maintaine and expressed in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.

Approaches the concept of loyalty from different perspectives: from the legislature, from the government and from relig... Read More about Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688.

Family, Loyalty and the Royal Household in Fourteenth Century England (2019)
Book Chapter
Hefferan, M. (2019). Family, Loyalty and the Royal Household in Fourteenth Century England. In D. Green, & C. Given-Wilson (Eds.), Fourteenth Century England XI (129-154). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvd58txc.12

Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346 (2019)
Journal Article
HEFFERAN, M. (2019). Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346. Historical Research, 92(255), 24-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12250

The knights of the royal household were of central importance to medieval warfare. Their contributions to the wars of Edward III have, however, received only limited attention from historians. This article uses the Crécy campaign of 1346, the largest... Read More about Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346.

Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England (2018)
Journal Article
Hefferan, M. (2019). Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England. Journal of Medieval History, 45(1), 80-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2018.1551811

The fourteenth century witnessed a considerable change in the way in which knights were retained in royal service in England. The system of retaining ‘household knights’, which had been in operation since at least the twelfth century, gave way to a n... Read More about Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England.