Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 3rd February 2025

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: The Leverhulme Suite @ Bolton School Girls’ Division, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA. Parking free in the Girls’ Division Quad.

Description: My research is based on the aristocracy of France and its neighbours in the 16th-18th centuries, and the notion of frontier identities. In particular, I am working on a new history of the Duchy of Lorraine, a formerly independent state between France and Germany. I am also interested in early modern royal courts, in France and elsewhere. I particularly focus on members of royal families besides the king: his wife, his brother, his mother, his cousins. In particular, I am a specialist on the role of the second son in the history of monarchy (the ‘heir and the spare’) and have published and spoken to the media frequently on this topic.

Price: Associate membership £20 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.

Tel: 07912369060

Email: mwright@boltonschool.org.uk

Website: https://www.boltonhistoricalassociation.wordpress.com

Organiser: Melissa Wright

Lecturer: Dr Jonathan Spangler – Senior lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University

Region: North-West England

Branch: Bolton