Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c.1400-1688

Matthew Ward is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He authored The Livery Collar in Late Medieval England and Wales: Politics, Identity and Affinity (2016), and is currently preparing his second monograph, The Culture of Loyalty in Fifteenth-Century England.Matthew Hefferan is a Teaching Associate in Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research focuses on the royal household knight in later medieval England. He is currently preparing a monograph on the household knights of King Edward III, to be published in 2021.

“Ranging widely in time and space, from late medieval England to late seventeenth-century Virginia, the contributions to this volume demonstrate that the concept of loyalty was highly contested in this period and often used to discriminate and exclude. … the contributors have made a significant contribution to understanding of loyalty in the early modern period.” (Ted Vallance, Journal of British Studies, Vol. 61 (2), April, 2022)“The strengths of the collection show clearly from the beginning; it covers an impressive range of topics, localities, and chronology on the theme of loyalty … . This volume is a necessary addition to the growing conversation in early modern studies examining concepts of loyalty. Ward, Hefferan, and all the contributors are hopefully quite proud of this diverse and well-put-together collection of chapters, which is a great primer for the subject at hand and opens further conversations and research.” (Courtney Herber, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 8 (2), 2021)“The editors should be congratulated on a well-balanced volume which is an important addition to the historiography on loyalty to the monarchy.” (Mark Shearwood, History – The Journal of the Historical Association, Vol. 106 (370), March, 2021)

• 1. Introduction: Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain – Matthew Ward and Matthew Hefferan.- Part 1 – Loyalty to Late Medieval and Early Tudor Monarchs.- 2. ‘I claim no right but would this land defend’: Loyalty to the Institution of Kingship in Blind Hary’s Wallace – Callum Watson.- 3. Tiltyard Friendships and bonds of Loyalty in the Reign of Edward IV, c. 1461-1471 – Emma Levitt.- 4. Political Dialogue, Exchange and Propaganda in Yorkist and Early Tudor England, c. 1461-1537 – Wesley Correa.- 5. Towards God religious, towards us most faithful’: the Paulet Family, the Somerset Gentry and the Early Tudor Monarchy, 1485-1547 – Simon Lambe.- 6. Dedicated to Loyalty: Book Dedications to Henry VIII – Valerie Schutte.- Part 2 – Loyalty to the Later Tudors and Early Stuarts.- 7. Not ‘to Confound Predicaments’: Loyalty and the Common Law, c.1400-1688 – Michael A. Heimos.- 8. Loyalty to a Queen: Elizabeth I, the earl of Essex and the Catholic Nobility – Janet Dickinson.- 9. Loyalty to a Nero? Publicising Puritan Persecution in the 1630s ­– Jamie Gianoutsos.- 10. Divided Loyalties of East Midlands Sheriffs, 1630-1640 – Richard Bullock.- Part 3 – Loyalty, Civil War and Restoration in the Seventeenth Century.- 11. 'Bad and Evil Patriots’: Understanding the Motives of Scottish Civil War Royalists, c. 1639-1651 ­– Andrew Lind.- 12. ‘Seditious’ Memories and Disloyalty after the Restoration, c. 1660-1668 – Edward Legon.- 13. Loyalty and Insecurity in Charles II’s Virginia – John Rushton Pagan.- 14. ‘These Repeated Testimonies of Duty and Affection’: Constructing Loyalty in Cornwall and South-West Wales, 1681-85 – James Harriss.