IMC 2012: Sessions

Session 1021: Law, Violence, and Social Bonds, I: Conflict in Context

Sponsor:	St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Organiser:	Robert Houghton, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Moderator/Chair:	Mark Hagger, School of History, Welsh History & Archaeology, Bangor University
Paper 1021-a	'Utterly Degenerated from the Good Will of Their Sires': Family Conflict in Disputed Monastic Patronage (Language: English) Kate Hammond, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Social History
Paper 1021-b	Church and State Confilct in the Letters of John of Salisbury (Language: English) Maxine K. Esser, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Law, Political Thought
Paper 1021-c	The Norms of Terror in Medieval Europe (Language: English) Warren Brown, Faculty of Humanities, California Institute of Technology Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Political Thought, Social History
Abstract	Conflict was endemic in many aspects of medieval society. It appeared in both pivotal and everyday events. This conflict often involved violence, but could also concern legal disputes and familial concerns. Frequently the three areas overlapped and interacted. These papers will discuss these interactions and the different types of conflict encountered in the medieval period. They will investigate conflict from different perspectives and in different contexts.