IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 713: Karolus litteratus, III: Karolus administrans
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Anna Adamska, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 713-a | Charles IV and His Administration (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 713-b | Charles V and His Administration (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality |
| Abstract | Was it necessary for medieval kings to be able to write? Or could they sometimes get by without possessing basic literacy skills themselves? Did they resort to writing in communicating with their subjects? If they used an administrative apparatus, did they understand the mechanisms of communication through documents? And did they use written texts for their own, personal edification and devotion? These are some of the fundamental questions that need to be asked by students of medieval royal literacy. We propose a series of four sessions and a round table on the comparative study of the literacies of three paradigmatic emperors, Charlemagne (r. 768-814), Charles IV Luxembourg (r. 1346-1378) and Charles V (r. 1519-1556). The third session is devoted to the Charleses as rulers and their administrative literacy. |