IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1524: Medieval English Wills, 1150-1500
Thursday 10 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton |
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Organiser: | Leonie V. Hicks, Department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
Moderator/Chair: | Leonie V. Hicks, Department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
Paper 1524-a | Donations, Legacies, and Executors of English Bishops, c. 1150-1250 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Ecclesiastical History, Law |
Paper 1524-b | English Bishops and their Goods (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History |
Paper 1524-c | The Wydeviles: Greedy and Grasping? (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Abstract | This session considers evidence from wills and other testamentary documents of bishops and the laity in medieval England. These sources are more than just a statement of how goods should be disposed, revealing information about the organisation of land and households, as well as social networks, pious intentions, and the relations between testamentary practices and the law. The three speakers will discuss the mechanics of bequests, the nuances of day-to-day life in bishops' households and, in the case of the Wydeviles, how a politically important family was perceived. |