IMC 2017: Sessions

Session 813: Models of Authority in Scottish Charters, 1100-1250: Some Project Results

Tuesday 4 July 2017, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	AHRC Project 'Models of Authority: Scottish Charters & the Emergence of Government 1100-1250'
Organiser:	Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair:	Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow
Paper 813-a	Institutional Interplay and Diplomatic Form in Royal and Non-Royal Acta, c. 1170-1250 (Language: English) Alice Taylor, Department of History, King's College London Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 813-b	Lay Grantors and Handwriting as an Image of Authority in Scottish Charters, c. 1200-1250 (Language: English) Teresa Webber, Department of History, University of Southampton Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 813-c	Beneficiary Archives and Diplomatic Models in the Non-Royal Charters of Scotland, c. 1100-1250 (Language: English) John Reuben Davies, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History
Abstract	'Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government, 1100-1250' is an AHRC-funded project that over the last three years has brought together palaeographers, diplomatists, and historians from the Universities of Cambridge, Glasgow, and King's College London. At the heart of the project are new research tools inspired by DigiPal. Each paper in this session shows some of the fruits of using this new research technology, including the 'Nöel BarCode' developed by Geoffroy Nöel during the project, highlighting new approaches to the relationship between charters and royal authority.