IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 728: Conquest and Community: Normandy in the 11th and 12th Centuries
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Leonie V. Hicks, Department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Charles Insley, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Respondent: | David Bates, School of History, University of East Anglia / Université de Caen Basse-Normandie |
| Paper 728-a | Building Community in the Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 728-b | Landscapes of the Normans (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Historiography - Medieval |
| Abstract | 2016 marks the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings and this session explores the history and archaeology of the formation of William the Conqueror's Normandy and his legacy. The papers here engage directly with medieval chronicles and archaeology to show how contemporaries understood and constructed ideas of the political and lordly communities. They also consider developments in modern scholarship that have shaped our understanding of what constitutes Normandy from the 11th century onwards. Key themes include the political unity of the duchy, memory and commemoration, and understanding the historic environment. |