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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1620: New Directions in Charter Studies, VI: Charters, Cartularies and Forgery

Thursday 14 July 2011, 11.15-12.45

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:Kathryn Dutton, Department of History, University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair:Kathryn Dutton, Department of History, University of Glasgow
Paper 1620-aForgery in Medieval Scotland
(Language: English)
Andrew Smith, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism
Paper 1620-bÉcrire, réécrire, et transcrire: Documents récapitulatifs aux XIe-XIIe siècles en Normandie - Emptiones abbatum de l’abbaye Saint-Étienne de Caen
(Language: Français)
Tamiko Fujimoto, Centre Michel de Boüard / Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Anciennes et Médiévales (CRAHAM - UMR 6273), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Economics - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism
Abstract

This session consists of two papers on cartularies to explore the issues which arise in detail. Andrew Smith will present his findings on the cartulary of Kelso Abbey, arguing that many of its entries were fabricated in 1320s, and that historians must therefore reassess what is known of the Anglo-Norman era in Scottish history. Tamiko Fujimoto examines the dozen pancartes detailing the acquisitions of the abbots of Saint-Étienne of Caen, their redactions, and their evolution in relation to the abbey's 12th-century cartulary.