IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 807: The Formation and Renewal of the Nobility of Medieval Scotland, Norway, and Denmark, II: Locality and Change
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Department of History, University of Aberdeen |
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Organiser: | Jackson Armstrong, Department of History, University of Aberdeen |
Moderator/Chair: | Jackson Armstrong, Department of History, University of Aberdeen |
Paper 807-a | Lords and Peasants in Scotland 1170-1250: The Mearns as a Case Study (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Social History |
Paper 807-b | An Age of Transition: The Norwegian Aristocracy in the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Paper 807-c | The Danish Nobility Facing Germany and the Germans, c.1250-1375 (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Abstract | From the 11th to the 14th century the kingdoms of the 'northern fringe' of Europe became integrated in European civilization. Usually these processes have been studied separately in the national historical traditions of each of the countries concerned. However, important themes recur in each of these national interpretations: the presumably paramount role of kinship in traditional societies; national antagonism between traditional culture and influences from abroad; and the relative importance of immigration and local recruitment in the crystallization of a new nobility from the more fluid structures of traditional society. The aim of the two sessions is to take a critical and comparative look at these problems from the vantage point of three 'peripheral' kingdoms around the North Sea. |