All Outputs (6)

The Queen's Man: Eleanor of Castile and Cok Hagin (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, April). The Queen's Man: Eleanor of Castile and Cok Hagin. Paper presented at Loyalty in the Medieval World, University of Lincoln

Eleanor of Castile’s use Jewish debts to expand and consolidate her landholdings is well known. An under explored element of her activities relates to how Eleanor worked with individual Jews. Many of these relationships were formal, routine even. In... Read More about The Queen's Man: Eleanor of Castile and Cok Hagin.

In the Shadow of Lincoln? The Jews of Stamford, c.1190-1290 (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, April). In the Shadow of Lincoln? The Jews of Stamford, c.1190-1290. Paper presented at Abseits großer Gemeinden: Kleine jüdische Siedlungen im Mittelalter, University of Klagenfurt

This was an invited paper to participate in a conference on Small Jewish communities, with the paper being delivered virtually. The county of Lincolnshire was home to two medieval Jewish communities. One, that of Lincoln, is incredibly well docume... Read More about In the Shadow of Lincoln? The Jews of Stamford, c.1190-1290.

Gone but not Forgotten: 'Jewish' Properties in Post-Expulsion England (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, March). Gone but not Forgotten: 'Jewish' Properties in Post-Expulsion England. Presented at Historical Association (Leicestershire Branch), Online

This is an invited talk which will see me return (virtually) to the Leicestershire branch of the Historical Association. Following the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290, their properties defaulted to the Crown. Although they were subseque... Read More about Gone but not Forgotten: 'Jewish' Properties in Post-Expulsion England.

England Remembers, Jews Forget: Memory of Jews and England, 1290-1541 (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, March). England Remembers, Jews Forget: Memory of Jews and England, 1290-1541. Paper presented at Enterprise, Engagement, Integration: Jews of Seventeenth-Century Britain and the Empire, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

This paper was an invited presentation to at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies' conference on Jews in Britain and the Empire during the seventeenth century. Following the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290, their properties d... Read More about England Remembers, Jews Forget: Memory of Jews and England, 1290-1541.

Henry III and the Jews: Rex Simplex? (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, February). Henry III and the Jews: Rex Simplex?. Presented at Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies Seminar, University of Reading (online)

This paper was an invited presentation at the University of Reading's Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies Seminar. This paper considers Henry III's relations with, and treatment of, the Jews of medieval England. It moves away from treating Henry... Read More about Henry III and the Jews: Rex Simplex?.

Jews and Labour in Medieval England: Episcopal Theory and Legislative Reality (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, January). Jews and Labour in Medieval England: Episcopal Theory and Legislative Reality. Paper presented at Religious Minorities and Labour: Towards a New Paradigm, Queen Mary University of London

This was an invited presentation to a workshop feeding into the MIREL project, which is exploring Religious Minorities and Labour Specialization. My paper took, as it's starting point, Robert Grosseteste's letter to Margaret de Quincy (1231-2), an... Read More about Jews and Labour in Medieval England: Episcopal Theory and Legislative Reality.