IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1028: New Directions in Charter Studies, I: Charters, Law, and Custom, (i)

Sponsor:	Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies / Haskins Society for Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Angevin & Viking History / Centre Michel de Boüard (CRAHAM - UMR 6273), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
Organiser:	John Hudson, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Moderator/Chair:	Paul R. Hyams, Department of History, Cornell University / Independent Scholar, Oxford
Paper 1028-a	Consent to Grants of Land in Normandy (Language: English) Kate Hammond, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Law
Paper 1028-b	Consent to Grants of Land in Anjou (Language: English) Matthew McHaffie, School of History, University of St Andrews Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Law
Paper 1028-c	Consent to Grants of Land in England (Language: English) John Hudson, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Law
Abstract	The comparative history of law has been more often proposed than undertaken. Following the suggestions of Paul Hyams in his 'Common Law and the French Connection' and the work of Stephen D. White in his Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints, this session examines the practice of consent to gifts in three areas that would form the core of the Angevin Empire. Conclusions will also be drawn concerning the possibilities and difficulties of writing legal history from charters.