Roundtable Feature: Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe Textbook

In this episode, we have a conversation between the four co-authors of a new textbook in the field of royal studies, Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe 1000-1500, Elena (Ellie) Woodacre, Lucinda Dean, Simon Lambe and Patrik Pastrnak. They discuss the challenges that they faced in the composition of the book, the intended audience and use for the textbook and the contributions of colleagues in the field which enabled them to achieve a wide ranging survey of monarchical practices across the continent. 

Guest Bios:

Elena Woodacre is Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester. She is a specialist in queenship and royal studies and has published extensively in this area.

• See Elena's staff profile page
• Queens and Queenship

Lucinda H.S. Dean is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for History, UHI. Her research expertise includes medieval and early modern ritual, ceremony, kingship, material culture, gender, and the life cycle.

• See Lucinda's staff profile page
• Death and the Royal Succession in Scotland, c.1214-c.1543

Simon Lambe is Associate Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His academic background is in gentry and royal relations in late medieval and early Tudor England.

• See Simon's staff profile page

Patrik Pastrnak is Associate Professor at Palacký University, Olomouc. He specialises in royal weddings, wedding journeys, queenship, and rulership in late medieval and early modern Central Europe and Italy.

• See Patrik's academia.edu profile page
• Configuring Bohemian Queenship Project (and project Instagram account)