IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1622: The Angevins, I: Family, Benefaction, and Power
Thursday 12 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | School of History, University of Glasgow |
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| Organisers: | Colette Marie Bowie, Independent Scholar, Glasgow Paul Webster, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Joanna Huntington, School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Paper 1622-a | A Tight-Fisted Patron?: Geoffrey, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy, 1129-51 (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Charters and Diplomatics, Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1622-b | Matilda of Saxony and the Cult of St Oswald at Hildesheim (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1622-c | From Conflict to Commemoration: King John's Family Piety (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The 12th-century transformation of the Angevins from counts to kings was accompanied by wide-ranging benefaction of churches and support for saints' cults. This session explores the relationship between such activity and Angevin networks of power. Kathryn Dutton examines how and why comital religious patronage lessened in Anjou under Geoffrey V, and his attitudes towards Norman religious institutions. Colette Bowie focusses on Henry II's daughter Matilda, duchess of Saxony, who promoted her royal lineage through support for the cult of St Oswald at Hildesheim, patronage bearing the hallmark of Anglo-Norman trends. Paul Webster shows how Anglo-Norman and Angevin family obligations inherited by King John shaped provision for his soul's salvation. |