IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1613: Interaction, Identity, and Space in the Irish Sea, 700-1100, II: Interactions and Spaces
Thursday 6 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Irish Sea in the Middle Ages Research Network (ISMARN) |
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Organiser: | Charles Insley, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
Moderator/Chair: | Chris Lewis, Institute of Historical Research, University of London / Department of History, King's College London |
Paper 1613-a | Between the Ribble and the Mersey: An Irish Sea Frontier Space, c. 890-950 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Geography and Settlement Studies |
Paper 1613-b | 'Misfit' Castle Forms of the Irish Sea: The Welsh Perspective (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Geography and Settlement Studies, Local History |
Paper 1613-c | Mapping Maritime Cultures: The Early Medieval Irish Sea Region (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Computing in Medieval Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies, Maritime and Naval Studies |
Abstract | These two sessions seek to show case new work on interaction in the Irish Sea during what might be termed the 'Viking Age'; this research identifies the Irish Sea itself as a central place and as a space for a range of interactions cross the period 700-1100, but also a space which was connected to a much wider world. This second session focusses on space and territorial organisation in the eastern Irish Sea zone with papers that look at: the organisation of the Mercian/Welsh/Northumbrian frontier in the early 10th century, in particular the way in which that frontier was configured reflected a rapidly shifting political landscape across the Irish Sea between 910 and 920; a discussion of the forms of castle building in the eastern Irish Sea zone in the 11th and 12th century and the extent to which so-called ‘misfit’ castle forms reflected connections and intersections around the Irish Sea littoral; a discussion of the problems and possibilities of mapping the Irish Sea world in the early Middle Ages. |