Part of the History Research Centre Online Seminar Programme 2019–20

Date: Wednesday 10th June 2020

Time: 1pm - 2pm

Location: Online, a link will be sent to those who register attendance

Tickets: For those wishing to join the online seminar programme, contact Prof. Jon Stobart, j.stobart@mmu.ac.uk, for more information

Dr Jonathan Spangler Biography

Dr Spangler's research is based on the aristocracy of France and its neighbours in the 16th-18th centuries, and the notion of frontier identities. In particular, he is  working on a new history of the Duchy of Lorraine, a formerly independent state between France and Germany.

He is also interested in early modern royal courts, in France and elsewhere. Jonathan particularly focus on members of royal families besides the king: his wife, his brother, his mother, his cousins. In particular, Joanthan is 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.