IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1607: 'Citra et ultra': Charters of the Anglo-Norman and Angevin World, II

Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Haskins Society for Anglo-Norman, Angevin & Viking Studies
Organisers:	Charlotte Cartwright, School of History, University of Liverpool / State University of New York, Oswego Kathryn Dutton, Department of History, University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair:	Charlotte Cartwright, School of History, University of Liverpool / State University of New York, Oswego
Paper 1607-a	Managing a Cross-Channel Estate : The Cartulary of Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen (End of 12th-Beginning of 13th Century) (Language: English) Catherine Letouzey-Réty, Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne / Institute of Historical Research, University of London Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 1607-b	The Normans in the North (Language: English) Linsey F. Hunter, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 1607-c	The End of the Celtic Charter Tradition?: Welsh Diplomatic in the 12th Century (Language: English) Charles Insley, Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Abstract	Anglo-Norman and Angevin charter material is a rich resource for the study of the rulers, institutions and communities of the 11th to 13th centuries. The papers in this session examine various aspects of lay and religious charters issued in England, Wales, Scotland and Normandy; issues considered will include government and the expansion of Norman charter practice to the fringes of the Anglo-Norman realm, the cross-border nature of this evidence, and the production of monastic cartularies. These papers raise questions about the nature of charter diplomatic and production, as well as how historians interpret these records. They also question the structures of distinctively 'cross-border' societies which underlie the production of these documents. Taken together, the papers give a sense of the breadth of charter studies currently being undertaken by historians of the Anglo-Norman and Angevin world.