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Professor John Watts
Professor of Later Medieval History
Corpus Christi College
Chair of the History Faculty Board
01865 (2)76771
john.watts@history.ox.ac.uk

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Research

John Watts is interested in politics, political culture and political structures in later medieval England and Europe, between the 13th and the early 16th centuries. Most of his published work deals with later medieval English politics and political culture, but he has also written about politics in later medieval Europe.  He is currently working on a book for the New Oxford History of England series, provisionally entitled 'Renaissance England, 1461-1547'.

Publications

  • Towards a Comparative History of Political Communication, c.1000-c.1500

    2020
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    Chapter
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    Political Communication in the Medieval World

  • ‘Political Life

    2020
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    Chapter
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    The Shorter Oxford History of Later Medieval Europe

  • Politics, c.1000-1500: Mediation and Communication

    2018
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    Journal article
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    The Global Middle Ages, ed. C. Holmes and N. Staden, Past and Present Annual Supplement

  • The Problem of the Personal: Tackling Corruption in Later Medieval England, 1250-1550

    2018
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    Chapter
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    Anti-corruption in History From Antiquity to the Modern Era
    The book addresses a wide range of historical contexts: Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval Eurasia, Italy, France, Great Britain and Portugal as well as studies on anticorruption in the Early Modern and Modern era in Romania, the Ottoman ...

  • Counsel and the King's Council in England, c.1340-c.1540

    2016
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    Journal article
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    Proceedings of the British Academy

  • Conclusion

    2016
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    Chapter
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    The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt
    The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt charts the history of medieval rebellion from Spain to Bohemia and from Italy to England, and includes chapters spanning the centuries between Imperial Rome and the Reformation.

  • Counsel and the King's Council in England, c.1340-c.1540

    2016
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    Chapter
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    The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707
    Yet, major changes in who gave counsel and how it operated were emerging. This volume identifies both the patterns and the moments of change while also recognizing continuities.
    Counseling

  • Some Concluding Thoughts

    2016
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    Chapter
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    Disciplined Dissent Strategies of Non-confrontational Protest in Europe from the Twelfth to the Early Sixteenth Century
    The essays collected here take as their theoretical point of departure the concept of disciplined dissent.
    Education

  • ‘The Empire in Retrospect and Prospect: the Plantagenet Empire and the Continent’

    2016
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    Chapter
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    The Plantagenet Empire, 1259-1453
    From the contents: 0Jean-Philippe Genet, Empire and the English Identity - Reflections on the King of England's Dominium / Len Scales, The Empire in Translation - English Perspectives on Imperium and Emperors, 1220-1440 / Julian Luxford, ...

  • Introduction

    2015
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    Chapter
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    Political Society in Later Medieval England A Festschrift for Christine Carpenter
    Essays on the connections between politics and society in the middle ages, showing their interdependence.
    History
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