IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 608: Negotiating Status and Community in Medieval England and Cyprus

Sponsor:	Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham
Organiser:	Duncan Probert, English Place-Name Society, University of Nottingham
Moderator/Chair:	Philippa J. Semper, Department of English, University of Birmingham
Paper 608-a	A Community of Names in Post-Conquest Exeter (Language: English) Duncan Probert, English Place-Name Society, University of Nottingham Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Lay Piety, Onomastics, Social History
Paper 608-b	Rich Pickings: Marriage Contracts in 14th-Century Cyprus (Language: English) Aysu Dinçer, Department of History, University of Nottingham Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Social History
Paper 608-c	Words before Dying (Language: English) Alison J. Spedding, Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety, Social History
Abstract	Many medieval people sought to strengthen their opportunities for improvement, and sometimes solace or even mere survival, by establishing bonds and communities with others of similar status or interests. These bonds of community can also be a means through which status and identity within a community can be enhanced, negotiated – and explored. This session seeks to examine the echoes of such negotiations as preserved in the details of guild affiliations, marriage contracts, and wills.