Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	834
Title	Mappings, IV: Dispute Maps
Date/Time	Tuesday 5 July 2022: 16.30-18.00
Organiser	Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität in Hagen
	Dan Terkla, Department of English, Illinois Wesleyan University
Moderator/Chair	Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität in Hagen
Paper 834-a	French Dispute Maps, 14th-16th Centuries (Language: English) Juliette Dumasy-Rabineau, Lettres, Langues, Sciences Humaines, Université d'Orléans Index Terms: Archives and Sources; Geography and Settlement Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 834-b	Mappings at the High Court of Burgundy: Dispute Maps and the Great Council of Mechelen, 15th-16th Centuries (Language: English) Evelien Timpener, Historisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Index Terms: Archives and Sources; Geography and Settlement Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 834-c	English Dispute Maps, 16th-Early 17th Centuries (Language: English) William Shannon, Independent Scholar, Preston Index Terms: Archives and Sources; Geography and Settlement Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	In the late Middle Ages, the occurrence of local and regional maps is heavily increasing. Many of these maps are connected with court files, most likely because the judges at court needed an overview of the disputed land. However, it is still unclear, how these maps functioned: Who was allowed to draw a map and how 'objective' was this result? The papers in this session focus on the use and function of maps within the courts of France, England, and the Netherlands.