IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 608: Restoring Relationships to View, II: Tracing Family and Place through Prosopography
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval Prosopography |
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| Organiser: | Amy Livingstone, Department of History, Wittenberg University, Ohio |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alan V. Murray, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 608-a | Hometown Monks: Monastic Recruitment and Local Social Contexts in 11th-Century Upper Brittany (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Genealogy and Prosopography, Monasticism |
| Paper 608-b | Oxford Neighborhoods: Prosopography and Proximity (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Geography and Settlement Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Paper 608-c | The Prosopography of Dhuoda and William's Family: A Cautionary Tale for Historians (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
| Abstract | Prosopography enriches understanding of the medieval past by retrieving and calling attention to connections that are not readily apparent. Papers in this session will examine how reconstructing connections to place yields important insights into the Jewish neighborhoods of Oxford and the expansion of monasteries of the Loire Valley into Brittany. Family connection was also vitally important to forging the identities of medieval people, as prosopographical analysis of the Carolingian noblewoman Dhuoda's family reveals for the mysterious Guarnarius. This session aims to foster dialogue and exchange among scholars using different prosopographical methods, as well as working in different times and places. |