Date/Time
Date(s) - 12 Nov 2013
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
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The third meeting of the University Seminar on Medieval Studies will take place on Tuesday, November 12, from 5:30-7:00pm in Room 2 of Faculty House (Columbia University).
Chris Given-Wilson, of the University of St. Andrews, will speak on
“A King and His Archbishop of Canterbury: Henry IV and Thomas Arundel”
The alliance between Henry IV (1399-1413), a usurper, and Archbishop Thomas Arundel, who had been exiled by Richard II in 1397, was the driving force not just behind the revolution of 1399 but also behind the survival of Henry IV’s government. Confronted by Lollardy, calls for Disendowment and restrictions on clerical immunity, Papal Schism and frequent rebellion, king and archbishop worked together to ensure the survival of the Lancastrian dynasty and of the English Church. This paper will examine their relationship mainly from the point of view of ecclesiastical policy and the acceptance of reform within a context of orthodoxy, although it will also look at their political cooperation.
PLEASE NOTE:
The talk will be followed by dinner at Faculty House. All those who wish to dine with the speaker after the talk must make reservations by contacting the rapporteur of the seminar, Jeffrey Wayno, either by phone or by email ([email protected]) no later than one week before the talk. Dinner is a fixed buffet menu, which costs $25 per person. Payment can be made by checks made out to “Columbia University.”
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