IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 127: Control and Legitimacy in 9th- to 12th-Century Europe
Monday 12 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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| Organiser: | Robert Houghton, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Moderator/Chair: | Simon MacLean, Department of History, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 127-a | Legitimacy and Control in 11th-Century Ecclesiastical Elections (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 127-b | Empress Angelberga and her Landholdings in the Italian Kingdom (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 127-c | The diplomata of the German Kings to the Mantuans in the 11th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The aim of this session is to discuss the means by which individuals and organisations exercised and legitimised control of territories and rights. The papers will investigate the nature of power and the means by which it was validated. By drawing together papers on the three estates; discussing these aspects in relation to queens, the urban population and the church - this session aims to provide comparisons to inform the study of these issues in this period. |