IMC 2015: Sessions

Session 107: Models of Authority in Scottish Charters, c. 1100 - c. 1250, I: Introducing Scottish Charters

Monday 6 July 2015, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Arts & Humanities Research Council Project 'Models of Authority: Scottish Charters & the Emergence of Government 1100-1250'
Organiser:	Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair:	Alice Taylor, Department of History, King's College London
Paper 107-a	Introducing the Models of Authority Project: Scottish Charters, c. 1100 - c. 1250 (Language: English) Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 107-b	Scotland's Earliest Cartularies (Language: English) Joanna Tucker, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 107-c	Standardisation of the Diplomatic in Scottish Royal Acts down to 1249 (Language: English) John Reuben Davies, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Language and Literature - Latin
Abstract	'Models of Authority' is an AHRC-funded project investigating changes in the handwriting and structured prose of Scottish charters c. 1100 - c. 1250. The first paper in this session introduces the project, explaining how its combination of new and traditional approaches to palaeography and diplomatic has the potential to offer a new perspective on the origins of government. The second and third papers showcase recent work on two critical areas for charter- studies in this period: understanding cartularies, focusing particularly on Scotland's earliest example (Aberdeen University Library Scottish Catholic Archives MS J1/3), and the emergence of a distinctively royal repertoire of structured prose.