IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1123: Medieval Communities, II: Communal Freedom(s) and Structures of Power
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Regula Schmid Keeling, Geschichte des Mittelalters, Université de Fribourg |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Miriam Müller, Department of History, University of Birmingham |
| Paper 1123-a | Nobility, Community, and the Frisian Freedom (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1123-b | Homage, Privileges, and the Construction of Power: An Exemplary Case Study in the German South-West (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1123-c | Strong Peasants, Weak Nobles: Dominions of Rural Communities in Eastern Switzerland (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1123-d | Assuming Equality: Political Power and Social Dynamics in Medieval Alliances (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Abstract | This session will explore structures of power within and between late medieval communities in regions typically associated with strong communal and weak feudal rule. The case studies developed in the four presentations share the common finding that such communities were hierarchical entities that strongly interacted with and were complimentary to feudal structures. These results modify traditional interpretations of strong local communities being relatively autonomous from the feudal world, and shed new insights upon the general characteristics of communal rule itself. |