IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 803: Defining Kingdoms in 10th-Century Europe
Tuesday 2 July 2013, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Department of History, University of California, Berkeley |
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Organiser: | Geoffrey Koziol, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley |
Moderator/Chair: | Theo Riches, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Paper 803-a | The (Dark) Matter of France: Monasticism and the Making of the West Frankish Kingdom (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Mentalities, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 803-b | Who Were the Lotharingians?: Defining Political Belonging after the End of the Carolingian Empire (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 803-c | Beyond the Charter Horizon: (Un)Making England in the 10th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The session looks at notions of political belonging in various 10th-century kingdoms after the end of the Carolingian Empire. The hallmarks of the period are conventionally seen as fragmentation and incoherence. Yet somehow large political units took shape and persisted. The three papers explore the institutions and discourses that articulated the sense of a kingdom in this period, and attempt thereby to uncover its distinctive features. |