IAN MORTIMER

Forthcoming Publications

Last Updated 13 February 2010

1. Medieval Intrigue: Royal Murder and Regnal Legitimacy

Work in progress, to be published by Continuum in September 2010.

A book of scholarly essays, including three essays/articles previously published in academic journals ('Sermons of Sodomy: the Sodomitical Reputation of Edward II Reconsidered'; 'The Death of Edward II in Berkeley Castle'; and 'Richard II and the Succession to the Throne'). It will also include a methodological introduction and five new essays (on the earl of Kent's rebellion, Edward II's survival after 1330, Edward III's relationship with the moneylenders, the development of the rules of succession (1199-1399), and the development of the concept of the pretender). What links all these pieces is the idea that, by separating information from the evidence in which it is contained, one can more closely ascertain the basis for the creation of certain historical facts, even matters as traditionally doubtful as reports of a king's murder. While this only relates to things which are not relatively defined (e.g. death) and other matters cannot be proven as such (e.g. a king's sexuality), nevertheless the same information techniques can go a long way to discrediting various contemporary and modern speculations and assumptions.

2. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

This will be a follow-up to my Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. It should be completed in early 2011 for publication by The Bodley Head, probably later that year or early 2012.

3. The Warrior of the Roses: the Life of Richard, Duke of York

The fifth volume in the 'Biographical History of England' sequence. To be published by The Bodley Head.

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