Kimberley Foy

Biography

In 2009 I graduated with a law degree from UCD, and in 2010 gained an MA in Medieval Studies at UCD. Having gained experience as a teacher and in arts management, I returned to full-time study at Trinity in 2012.

Research

‘Precedence and Audience: Sir John Finet and the reception of foreign ambassadors at the court of Charles I, 1628 – 1641’
My dissertation focuses on the work of the Master of Ceremonies, Sir John Finet, with particular emphasis on the treatment of foreign ambassadors. I will examine how Charles I utilised visits by ambassadors to reinforce and redefine his monarchical identity with an ideology that, as I argue, was expressed spatially. The use of space and concurrent questions of access and proximity are the keystones of my thesis.