IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 706: Law, Violence, and Social Bonds, III: 'Princeps legibus solutus est'? - Rules and Dynastic Authority
Tuesday 2 July 2013, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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Organiser: | Robert Houghton, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
Moderator/Chair: | Maxine K. Esser, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
Paper 706-a | Questions of Authority, Legitimacy, and Heirship in the 11th-Century Norman Ducal Succession (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 706-b | The Tyranny of Forgiveness: Pardon and Power in Anglo-Norman and Angevin England (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought |
Abstract | The relationship between dynastic authorities and the laws or rules said to govern those dynasties' really is a complex one. This session explores the extent to which dynastic figures are subject to different rules from those over whom they have authority. |