IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 510: Normans, Normandy, and the Wider Norman World: 911 from a 2011 Perspective, I
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
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 |
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Organiser: | Kathryn Dutton, Department of History, University of Glasgow |
Moderator/Chair: | Daniel Power, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research, Swansea University |
Paper 510-a | Robert of Torigni and Normannitas (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Paper 510-b | Monks versus Bishop in 12th-Century Durham: Some Primary Evidence (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Local History |
Paper 510-c | Le mythe de la Normannitas vu par les chroniqueurs anglais, angevins et français au XIIe siècle (Language: Français) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Social History |
Abstract | This panel examines Normans, Anglo-Normans, and Normannitas in the 12th century. The Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni's interests and sense of purpose are examined in the context of the Anglo-Norman war of succession, as are their implications for the study of so-called Normannitas. Witnesses in charters recording disputes between the monks and Norman bishops of Durham are examined alongside witnesses to the miracles of Godric of Finchale, revealing more than hitherto possible about their part in the local history of Durham. Finally, English and non-Norman Continental chronicles are examined for evidence of other views of Normannitas in the 12th century. |