IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1716: Keeping It in the Family: Intergenerational Relationships, Power, and the Control of Lands in Medieval Western Europe
Thursday 9 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Network for Gender & Legal History, Centre for Gender & Women's Studies, Trinity College Dublin / History of Women in Medieval Ireland, Wales & Scotland |
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| Organiser: | Linsey F. Hunter, Centre for History, University of the Highlands & Islands, Dornoch |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alice Taylor, Department of History, King's College London |
| Paper 1716-a | Child Kingship in the Kingdom of the Scots, c. 1150 - c. 1250 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Gender Studies, Law |
| Paper 1716-b | The Inheritance and Legacy of Beatrix (a Priest's Daughter), c. 1130s, in the Diocese of Bayeux, Normandy (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1716-c | The 'Exceptional Woman', Social Transition, and Generational Breaks in Anglo-Scottish Charters, c. 1150 - c. 1250 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Gender Studies |
| Abstract | This session explores the legal and political nature of intergenerational relationships within high medieval Scotland, England, and Normandy as evidenced by charters or other legal documents. Paper -a examines the lives of child kings, and presents the subtle and complex nature of youthful power in connection to older members of the community or family. Paper -b presents a rich case study of the familial control of clerical lands, and the myriad ways in which canon law was subverted. Paper -c considers the moment between generations, and draws conclusions about how they are perceive in terms of agency and control. |