IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1131: Scandinavia and Europe, c. 1050 - c. 1250, II: Kith and Kings
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Edward Carlsson Browne, Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Paul Gazzoli, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 1131-a | The Rules and Guidelines of Succession to the Norwegian Throne according to Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1131-b | The Rise of the Folkung Dynasty of Sweden (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
| Paper 1131-c | Memoria and Family Identity in Medieval Denmark (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Monasticism |
| Abstract | Familial ties played a key role in elite interactions in high medieval Scandinavia. This session focuses on the ways such ties were constructed and the ways in which differing forms of kinship identity were asserted. Edward Carlsson Browne will discuss Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar and the varying significance it assigns to legitimacy, agnaticism, and ancestor - or ego - focused kinship. Philip Line will provide a reinterpretation of the origins of the Folkung dynasty and the methods used in their rise to power, whilst Mads Heilskov will discuss the significance of chantry foundations as a tool for understanding family identity |