Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2007 Session
Session | 210 |
Title | Problems and Possibilities of Early Medieval Diplomatic, II: New Light from Old Charters |
Date/Time | Monday 9 July 2007: 14.15-15.45 |
Organiser | Allan Scott McKinley, Department of History, University of Birmingham |
Moderator/Chair | Paul Fouracre, Department of History, University of Manchester |
Paper 210-a | The Charters of Lothar I, 843-55 (Language: English) Elina Screen, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 210-b | Reassessing the Reign of King Edmund, 939-46: The Charter Evidence (Language: English) Alaric A. Trousdale, Independent Scholar, Washington State Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 210-c | Archbishop Æthelnoth the Good and his Knights: The Origins of Canterbury's Feudal Quota Reconsidered (Language: English) Nicholas Brooks, Department of History, University of Birmingham Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Historiography - Modern Scholarship; Local History; Military History |
Abstract | Using the diplomatic evidence, these three papers will throw light on areas otherwise under-studied by historians. Screen will offer a reconsideration of the reign of Emperor Lothar I, examining how power-relationships altered in the light of charters. Trousdale will focus upon the court politics of King Edmund's reign, illuminating a generally unknown period of the 10th century. Brooks will examine the role of feudalism in pre-conquest England, focussing upon Kent, and suggest that feudalism pre-dates the conquest by more than a generation. |