| Sponsor: | WUN Research Network: 'Law and Violence in the Middle Ages' |
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| Organiser: | Peter Douglas Clarke, Department of History, University of Southampton |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Torstein Jørgensen, Centre for Medieval Studies, Universitetet i Bergen |
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| Paper 1625-a | Cherchez la femme: Law and Violence in Lothar II's Divorce
(Language: English)
Charles West, Department of History, University of Sheffield
Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
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| Paper 1625-b | Villagers, Violence, and the Transformation of the English Manor Court in the Later 13th Century
(Language: English)
Chris D. Briggs, Department of History, University of Southampton
Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
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| Paper 1625-c | War, Peace, and Public Order under Alphonse de Poitiers
(Language: English)
Justine Firnhaber-Baker, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Index terms: Administration, Crusades, Law, Political Thought |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
Much attention has been paid recently to the violence endemic in the masculine warrior culture that was, according to some historians, Carolingian Frankia. Developing this work, this paper considers how violence was articulated through the double frames of gender and law in the 9th century's greatest cause celebre.
Paper -b:
It has been argued that the business and procedures of the English manor court were transformed during Edward I's reign under the influence of the common law. It can be further argued that this development widened villagers' ideas of the scope of law and law courts, and the ways they could be used. This paper asks, did this increasing formalization of manorial law and procedure affect villagers' propensity to use litigation as a way of perpetuating conflict? In what ways was the place of violence in village dispute affected? The paper draws on a research project on manorial debt, trespass, and covenant actions. The evidence used includes changes in quantities of trespass litigation, and the relationship between trespass suits and presentment business.
Paper -c:
The paper looks at Capetian comital responses to large-scale, organized violence in the decades after the Albigensian Crusade, arguing that Alphonsine administrative philosophy was primarily political rather than ideological or judicial.
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