The rhetoric of the royal chamber in late medieval London, York and Coventry

Liddy, C.

Abstract

In the late medieval period several English cities claimed the distinction of being a royal chamber: London and York referred to themselves as the 'king's chamber', whilst Coventry called itself the 'prince's chamber'. Examining the meaning of the metaphor of the chamber, this article provides a new perspective on the way in which cities negotiated their relations with the crown and shows how the chamber became an important aspect of corporate urban identity from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries.

Citation

Liddy, C. (2002). The rhetoric of the royal chamber in late medieval London, York and Coventry. Urban History, 29(3), 323-349. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963926802003012

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2002-12
• Deposit Date: May 23, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: May 23, 2008
• Journal: Urban History
• Print ISSN: 0963-9268
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-8706
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 323-349
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963926802003012
• Keywords: Metaphor, Urban identity, Monarchy.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1599652