Dr James Bothwell

Lecturer in Later Medieval History

Contact Details

• Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2814
• Email:  jsb16@le.ac.uk
• Office: Attenborough 608
• Office Hours: Semester 2, On Study Leave
• Dissertation Office Hour: On Study Leave

Biography

I was born in Edmonton, Canada, and educated at the University of Alberta (BA, MA) and the University of St. Andrews (PhD). I was a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of York from 1997-9, and have been at the University of Leicester since that time. 

Research

• Research Interests
• Publications

PhD Supervision

High or late medieval history, especially focusing on the English monarchy, nobility, patronage, and the issue of royal favourites. 

Teaching

I teach high and late medieval English History, looking at the Black Prince, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and the development of the English Nobility in the later Middle Ages. I also run modules examining monarchy and society, gender issues, medieval London, and the development of patronage, charity and giving.

Most Recent Publications

1. 'Earls and Earldoms under Edward III: Royals, the Establishment, New Men and Foreigners in Fourteenth Century England', in H. Doherty and D. Crouch, eds. The Earl in Medieval Britain (Cambridge UP, in preparation, 2014)
2. 'The Making of the Lancastrian Capital at Leicester: The Battle of Boroughbridge, Civic Diplomacy and Seigneurial Building Projects in Fourteenth Century England', Journal of Medieval History 38 (forthcoming, 2012)
3. 'The Five Giants: Institutional Hierarchy and Social Provision in Later Medieval Leicestershire', Fourteenth Century England VII (Forthcoming, 2012)
4. 'The More Things Change: Isabella and Mortimer, Edward III and the Painful Delay of a Royal Majority', in C. Beem, ed. Royal Minorities: Boy Kings in History (Palgrave MacMillan, 2008), pp. 33-77