IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1209: Action and the Written Word in the Middle Ages
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Paul Barnwell, English Heritage, York Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 1209-a | Founding a Monastery over Dinner: The Case of Henryków in Silesia (c. 1225) (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Lay Piety, Literacy and Orality, Mentalities |
| Paper 1209-b | Writing Charters as a Public Action: The Example of the Carolingian Charters of St Gall (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1209-c | Charters as Objects and as Texts in Judicial Actions: The Example of the Carolingian Charters of St Gall (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Law, Literacy and Orality, Mentalities |
| Abstract | An examination of the relationship between the written word and action ('ritual') in medieval legal transactions. Questions which might be addressed include: What is the relationship between the use of 'rituals' and literacy? Do cultures which make extensive use of written instruments in legal transactions also employ 'rituals', or are the two sometimes or often mutually exclusive? What are the respective functions of written instruments and legal 'rituals'? What is the nature of legal ‘rituals’? Do the answers to any of the above vary between levels of a particular society (e.g. between princely and local courts)? |