medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 01/05/2011 17:00, John Briggs wrote:
> On 01/05/2011 16:44, Andrew Larsen wrote:
>>
>> While we are on the subject of calendrics, I have a question I
>> recently ran into. I recall reading some years ago that English kings
>> dated their reigns not by the calendar year but by the anniversary of
>> their coronation. So "the fifth year of the reign of Richard II" would
>> not necessarily be 1382, but could include a period of 1383, depending
>> on when in 1377 his coronation was performed. But I cannot find where
>> I read this. Does anyone know of any work that addresses this issue?
>
> Whichever way you look at it, the fifth year of Richard II's reign would
> *finish* in 1382.
>
> It's not a straightforward question - the commencement of the king's
> reign changed during the Middle Ages from the date of his coronation, to
> the date of the previous king's funeral, to the day after the previous
> king's death.
There are online regnal year calculators as well, and they seem agreed
that Richard's reign commenced on 22 June 1377, i.e. the day after
Edward III's death. So, year 5 of his reign would run from 22 June 1381
to 21 June 1382.
John Briggs
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