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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 710: Normans, Normandy, and the Wider Norman World: 911 from a 2011 Perspective, III

Tuesday 12 July 2011, 14.15-15.45

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:Pierre Bauduin, Centre Michel de Boüard / Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Anciennes et Médiévales (CRAHAM - UMR 6273), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
Moderator/Chair:Pierre Bauduin, Centre Michel de Boüard / Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Anciennes et Médiévales (CRAHAM - UMR 6273), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
Paper 710-aContinuity and Discontinuity in Norman Annalistic Writing, c. 1050-1150
(Language: English)
Alison Alexander, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Index terms: Archives and Sources, Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Literacy and Orality
Paper 710-bGeoffrey of Anjou and the County of Mortain, 1135-45
(Language: English)
Kathryn Dutton, Department of History, University of Glasgow
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 710-cLe culte marial au Moyen Age: Contribution à la formation d'une identité normande
(Language: Français)
Charles Avril, Centre Michel de Boüard / Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Anciennes et Médiévales (CRAHAM - UMR 6273), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
Index terms: Lay Piety, Local History, Religious Life, Social History
Abstract

These sessions address a range of aspects of Norman history. The relationship of the duchy to its Carolingian precursor, and Norman understanding of the Carolingian past will be examined from the perspective of the Rouen cathedral annals. The potential for control of King Stephen's county of Mortain by Geoffrey of Anjou to influence the course of his conquest of the duchy and undermine Stephen's authority will be examined with reference to chronicles, charters, and the 1172 Infeudationes militum. The importance of the Marian cult to the formation of Norman identity will round off proceedings.