Helen Lacey
Mansfield College
Research interests
Main interests in later medieval political culture, the social context of the law, the archives of the late medieval English government. New monograph: The Royal Pardon: Access to Mercy in Fourteenth Century England (Woodbridge, Boydell & Brewer Press, 2009). Please see the following for further details: http://www.boydell.co.uk/0315328X.HTM
Articles include:
- ‘Protection and Immunity in Fourteenth-Century England’, in D. Rollason & T.B. Lambert (ed.), Peace and Protection in the Middle Ages: Durham Medieval and Renaissance Monographs and Essays (Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2009)
- ‘Grace for the Rebels: The Role of the Royal Pardon in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381’, Journal of Medieval History 34(2008): 36-63
- 'Mercy and Truth Preserve the king': Richard II’s Use of the Royal Pardon’, in: J. Hamilton (ed.), Fourteenth Century England, vol. 4 (Woodbridge, Boydell & Brewer Press, 2006), pp. 124-35.