Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1315
Title	Crossing the Borders of Strife and Subsistence in the Low Countries
Date/Time	Wednesday 6 July 2022: 16.30-18.00
Sponsor	Onderzoekschool Mediëvistiek
Organiser	Sven Meeder, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Moderator/Chair	Sven Meeder, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Paper 1315-a	Negotiating and Authoring the Boundaries of Episcopal Military Power: The Examples of the Siege of Bouillon (1141) and the Battle of Andenne (1153) in the Diocese of Liège (Language: English) Gustavo Montagna von Zeschau, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Historiography - Medieval; Military History
Paper 1315-b	Crime and Punishment in Late Medieval Leiden: Misbehaviour in Times of Prosperity and Times of Misfortune (Language: English) Rozemarijn Tamis, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Universiteit Leiden Index Terms: Law; Local History; Social History
Abstract	This panel explores how the borders of strife, authority, law, and subsistence were negotiated, crossed, and challenged, in the Low Countries of the 12th to 15th centuries. Adopting a wide range of historiographical approaches, from legal and social history to economic, administrative, military, and ecclesiastical history, the sessions aims to offer new understandings of how episcopal, urban, and seigneurial authorities functioned in times of peace and times of war. Paper-A analyses the boundaries of episcopal military power and the authorial challenges to narrative representations of warrior-bishops in Liège. Paper-B explores crime and punishment in Leiden by comparing cases in periods of both economic prosperity and decline.