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SUMMARY:Child Kingship from a Comparative Perspective: Boy Kings in Englan
 d\, Scotland\, France\, and Germany\, 1050-1250 - Dr Emily Ward\, Faculty 
 of History
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DTEND:20180220T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Arthur Dudney
DESCRIPTION:Children succeeded to the thrones of medieval kingdoms with re
 markable frequency\, in spite of the many social\, political\, legal\, and
  even biblical impediments to underage (‘minority’) rulership. Examini
 ng child kingship from a comparative perspective reveals wider development
 s over the eleventh\, twelfth\, and thirteenth centuries which influenced 
 a boy king’s succession\, and the arrangements made for his care and the
  rule of his kingdom. This talk will focus on changing perceptions of age 
 and maturity which altered the rites of passage between childhood and adul
 thood. Understanding how these developments affected even kings suggests i
 nteresting avenues of future research into adolescence and youth in the Mi
 ddle Ages.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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