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IMC 2009: Sessions

Session 105: Charters and Communities

Monday 13 July 2009, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:Jinna Smit, Leerstoelgroep Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Moderator/Chair:Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht
Paper 105-aPer dominum comitem: Charters and Chancery of the Counts of Holland/Hainault, 1299-1345
(Language: English)
Jinna Smit, Leerstoelgroep Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics
Paper 105-bCharters and Literacy in Norwegian Rural Societies in the Late Middle Ages
(Language: English)
Arnved Nedkvitne, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality
Paper 105-cRewriting and 'Photocopying' Charters: The Multi-Purpose Rearrangement of an 11th-Century Burgundian Archive
(Language: English)
Karl Heidecker, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Law, Literacy and Orality
Abstract

In this session, charters will be discussed from different angles. From the highly organized production centre of the charters of the counts of Holland/Hainault to the use of charters in Norwegian (illiterate) rural societies, and the renewed accessibility of a Burgundian archive.