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Book Launch: 'Royal Childhood and Child Kingship' by Dr Emily Joan Ward
20 September 2022, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
An opportunity to celebrate the publication of Dr Emily Joan Ward’s first monograph, Royal Childhood and Child Kingship: Boy Kings in England, Scotland, France and Germany, c. 1050–1262 (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Emily Joan Ward – History
Location
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UCL Anthropology Student Common Room (Ground Floor)14Taviton StreetLondonWC1H 0BW
Completed during a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCL, Royal Childhood and Child Kingship refines adult-focused perspectives on medieval rulership to expose the problematic nature of working from the assumption that kingship equated to adult power. The book stresses innovations and adaptations in royal government, questions the exaggeration of political disorder under a boy king, and suggests a ruler’s childhood posed far less of a challenge than their adolescence and youth. For more information about the book, and to order a copy, visit: www.cambridge.org/9781108838375. Enter the code WARD2022 at the checkout for a 20% discount.
Location: Anthropology Student Common Room
Ground Floor, UCL Anthropology
14 Taviton Street
London
WC1H 0BW