IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 325: Public Spaces and Public Faces, II: Medieval Scotland
Monday 10 July 2006, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow |
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Organiser: | Alaric Hall, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki |
Moderator/Chair: | Christopher Richard Bowles, University of Glasgow |
Paper 325-a | Assemblies in Medieval Scotland: Cultural Fragments and the Complexities of Public Space (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
Paper 325-b | Identity and Interaction: Anglo-Saxon Material Culture in Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Mentalities |
Paper 325-c | Witness Lists and Public Assemblies in Scotland North of Forth, 1150-1286 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History |
Abstract | This session aims to tease out evidence for the nature and scope of public spheres in the Middle Ages, by focusing on medieval Scotland. Drawing both on Scotland’s relatively rich vein of high medieval charters and on the archaeological record, the session asks: What types of public gatherings can be perceived, where were they held, and who attended them? How did high-status sites relate to regional lordship and to judicial, religious, and popular assembies? What were the roles of artefacts as material for public expressions of identity? |