Was Thomas Favent a political pamphleteer? Faction and politics in later fourteenth-century London |
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| Authors: | Gwilym Dodd |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy;2. Center for Anthropological, Paleopathological and Historical Studies of the Sardinian and Mediterranean Populations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/B, 07100 Sassari, Italy;3. Unit of Forensic Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy;4. Palynological Laboratory, Archaeoenvironmental Laboratory, C.A.A. Giorgio Nicoli, Via Marzocchi 17, 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy;5. Superintendence to Archaeological Properties of Emilia-Romagna, Via Belle Arti, 52, 40126 Bologna, Italy;6. Section of History of Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Viale dell''Università 34a, 00185 Rome, Italy;7. Section of Biological Chemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Strada Le grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy;1. Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany;2. School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Monash University, Clayton-Campus, VIC 3800, Australia;3. Institute of Geological Sciences, Palaeontology, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Building D, 12249 Berlin, Germany;1. School of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China;2. Advanced Analysis and Testing Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Thomas Favent’s Historia has long been recognised as an important source for the turbulent middle years of Richard II’s reign, in particular for its praise of the actions of the Lords Appellant in the Merciless Parliament of 1388. But why did Favent write the Historia and for whom was it written? In recent years the Historia has for the first time been subjected to detailed scrutiny and a case has made for regarding it as a political pamphlet written for a community of reform-minded civil servants eager to celebrate the achievements of parliament. This study offers an alternative explanation. It seeks to place the Historia more squarely within the turbulent environment of London’s factional politics. Favent’s factional affiliations are easily discerned, but his motivations for writing the Historia were complex and multi-faceted. A new reading of this text suggests, in fact, that it was written not to perpetuate divisions within London, but to draw a line underneath them. The article highlights the use of textual representation to shape and ultimately control memories of political conflict. |
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