IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1149: The Whole Is More than the Sum of Its Parts: Studying Medieval Legal Compilations

Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:	Daniela Schulz, Graduiertenkolleg 2196 'Dokument - Text - Edition', Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Moderator/Chair:	Stefan Esders, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
Paper 1149-a	'Ein zusammengestoppeltes elendes Machwerk': Some Views on Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 97 Weiss (Language: English) Daniela Schulz, Graduiertenkolleg 2196 'Dokument - Text - Edition', Bergische Universität Wuppertal Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1149-b	Tracing the Origins of Capitulary Collections: The Manuscript Evidence (Language: English) Britta Mischke, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1149-c	‘There's a manuscript for that’: Assembling a Legal Dossier in the 10th Century (Language: English) Ian Ward, Department of History, Princeton University Index terms: Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1149-d	Norman Customaries and Their Manuscripts (Language: English) Thomas Roche, Archives départementales de l’Eure / Groupe de Recherche d'Histoire (GRHis), Université de Rouen Normandie Index terms: Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	Medieval scribes frequently selected and abstracted the material they copied. This session consists of 4 papers that deal with the compilation of legal manuscripts throughout the early and high Middle Ages. Paper -a examines one of the earliest leges manuscripts. Paper -b focuses on the origins of Italian collections of Frankish capitularies. Paper -c suggests that the legal dossier was a crucial tool for organizing raw materials available to 10th-century writers. Paper -d aims at providing new perspectives on the Norman legal compilations, especially those known as Très Ancien Coutumier (written c. 1200-1220) and Grand Coutumier (written c. 1240).