IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 1316: Studying Charters: Traditions, Heresies, New Orthodoxies
Wednesday 14 July 2004, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht |
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| Organiser: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 1316-a | Investigating Royal Charters: Going beyond Heinrich Fichtenau? (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1316-b | 30 June 1047: The End of Charters as Legal Proof in France? (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 1316-c | 12th-Century Forgers Rehabilitated: Going beyond Source Criticism? (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality |
| Abstract | At the moment, the study of charters is precariously balanced between traditional scholarship and innovative approaches which, though they are still considered by some to be heresies, are gradually coming to be considered as new orthodoxies. One of these concerns the use of charters or, to put it differently, the use of documents as forms of communication. Through an analysis of three case studies, we wish to consider the methods of this particular new orthodoxy and answer the question whether its 'heretical' nature is not merely that of traditional scholarship in a modern guise. |