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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1235: Proprietary Memories: Notitiae-Inventories in Early Medieval Iberia, I

Wednesday 4 July 2018, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Organisers:Álvaro Carvajal Castro, Departamento de Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
André Evangelista Marques, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Moderator/Chair:Wendy Davies, Independent Scholar, Woolstone
Paper 1235-aWhy Make an Inventory (in 10th-Century Catalonia)?
(Language: English)
Jonathan Jarrett, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Law
Paper 1235-bThe Functions of an 11th-Century Inventory of Tithes from the Central Pyrenees
(Language: English)
Guillermo Tomás Faci, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas y Estudios Árabes e Islámicos, Universidad de Zaragoza
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Economics - Rural, Social History
Paper 1235-cWhen Lists Are Claims: Using Inventories in and outside Court in 9th- to 11th-Century Portugal
(Language: English)
André Evangelista Marques, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Economics - Rural, Law
Abstract

Early medieval inventories are commonly found among northern-Iberian archival holdings, both as single-sheets and cartulary copies. However, notwithstanding the extensive use that has sometimes been made of their contents, Spanish and Portuguese historians have largely failed to address the problems that this particular type of record poses, although some recent work is starting to change this picture. This is the first of three sessions that aim to provide a comparative overview of Iberian inventories before 1100, in order to identify and reflect upon the specificities of these records. Papers in this session will look at materials from Catalonia, Aragón, and Portugal, paying particular attention to their production, their use, and the evidence they provide.