IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 327: Rethinking Cartularies, 900-1200: Cartularies as History, History in Cartularies, II - Anglo-Norman Cartularies
Monday 4 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | John Rylands Research Institute, Manchester |
|---|---|
| Organiser: | Charles Insley, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Stephen Church, School of History, University of East Anglia |
| Paper 327-a | Illuminated Cartularies in the Anglo-Norman World and the Long 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 327-b | Scribal Training and Copying Practices in the Worcester Nero Middleton Cartulary (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 327-c | Cartulary Production at Worcester and Canterbury in the Aftermath of the Norman Conquest (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Medieval |
| Abstract | Following the success of last year's single IMC session on 'Writing history in the Anglo-Norman World: Cartularies as History', this is the second of four sessions designed to broaden both the geographical and chronological scope of discussions held in 2015. Cartularies, at least in the world of Anglophone scholarship, remain an under-problematised source. Until recently, editions of such texts have treated them unquestioningly as largely record sources, concerned with the administration of archives, property and rights. This focus on administration rather than historicising has generated conflicting approaches to cartularies and their definition, leading to such problematic terms as 'Cartulary-Chronicle'. In these sessions we hope to rethink this approach and place cartularies firmly in the genre of historical writing and what we think of as narrative and literary sources. It is hoped that papers will consider the origins, composition, transmission and later uses of specific cartularies or groups of similar texts produced in Western Europe, c. 900-1200. In this second session, papers will discuss the growth and impact of the genre in Anglo-Norman contexts. |