Medieval Loyalty Research Network at Leeds IMC 2024

For those members of the Network at Leeds IMC 2024, we are having a meet-up in the Old Bar at 21:00 on Monday. All are warmly welcomed.

We are also running a Roundtable at 9am on Tuesday morning. This session will reflect on the ideas raised by the conference on Loyalty in the Medieval World, held at Lincoln University in April 2024, and on the IMC Loyalty sessions of the last few years. Drawing on discussions carried on there and subsequently, speakers working on varied regions and with source material ranging from administrative to vernacular narratives to material culture, will examine the emerging questions and methodologies in studies of loyalty. What has been learnt so far? What methodologies are being developed and how can they be refined? And what are the directions for future research? 

Participants include Matthew Bennett (Independent Scholar), Hannah Boston (University of Lincoln), Chris Lewis (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Jenny McHugh (Lancaster University), and David Stocker (University of Leeds). 

Medieval Loyalty Research Network

This research network aims to bring together discussions in the developing field of loyalty studies. Researchers from any field, medieval period, and region are warmly welcomed, including but not limited to kinship, lordship, kingship, courtly romance, group solidarities, and space and place. Amongst other activities, the group will run a monthly reading group from September, hold twice-yearly online workshops, and produce an ongoing series of publications.  

Next online workshop: Friday 6th June 2025

Please contact Hannah Boston (hboston@lincoln.ac.uk) or Chris Lewis (chris.lewis@sas.ac.uk) to join the mailing list

Loyalty Bibliography

We have a new online shared bibliography, hosted by Zotero. This can be found here: https://www.zotero.org/groups/5739890/loyalty_bibliography/library We are adding new works all the time— and please add readings you’ve found useful (you will need a Zotero account). Anyone is welcome to use this resource.