IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1007: Medieval Society, Landscape, and the Law: Regional Perspectives
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | University of Chester |
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| Organisers: | Vanessa Greatorex, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Chester Rachel Elizabeth Swallow, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Chester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Katherine Weikert, Department of Archaeology / Department of History, University of Winchester |
| Paper 1007-a | Common Property Regimes in Anglo-Saxon England: A Landscape Perspective (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Local History, Social History |
| Paper 1007-b | What Was So Special about the Earldom of Chester?: Charters, Place, and Identity in the Early 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Law, Military History, Social History |
| Paper 1007-c | Peas and Pig Men: Using Chester's Medieval Court Records to Reconstruct the Past (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Law, Local History, Social History |
| Abstract | How did the mechanisms of the law affect the English landscape - and how did the landscape affect the law? What can legal documents tell us about the behaviour, preoccupations, and moral compass of our medieval forebears? Focusing on case studies from East Anglia and the unique Earldom of Chester, this session investigates the extent to which landscape, law and society were intertwined in the early, high and late Middle Ages. It examines regional legislation and local customs, and explores how regulations and the response to civic misdemeanours evolved over time. |