IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1704: Honour, Social Differentiation, and Gender in Early Ireland and Francia
Thursday 7 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Irish Research Council (IRC) Project 'Religious Landscapes in the 8th Century: Ireland and Northern Francia in Comparison' |
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| Organiser: | Elaine Pereira Farrell, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Sven Meeder, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
| Paper 1704-a | Changing Perceptions of Legal Status and Rank in Early Irish Ecclesiastical Thought (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Law, Social History |
| Paper 1704-b | Wergild and Penance: A Complex Interaction (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Law, Social History |
| Paper 1704-c | Gender, Sexuality, and Female Penance in the Insular and Frankish Penitentials (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Gender Studies, Law, Social History |
| Abstract | This session forms part of the project 'Religious Landscapes in the 8th Century: Ireland and Northern Francia in Comparison', funded by the Irish Research Council. It proposes to examine canon-law texts and penitentials from both Ireland and Francia as sources for understanding ecclesiastical conceptions of legal status, social status, gender relations, economic activity, and dispute settlement within the church and outside it. By paying close attention to the reception and modification of insular texts in Francia, the papers in this session will investigate patterns of change and continuity in both the formation and application of ideas about social order and the church's place within it. |