IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1508: Peace, Power, and Portrayal: Kingship in the 12th and 13th Centuries
Thursday 5 July 2018, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Thomas Tollefsen, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Helle Vogt, Center for Retskulturelle Studier, Det Juridiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet |
| Paper 1508-a | Our Man in Bethune: Writing about Rulers in the Histoire des ducs de Normandie et des rois d'Angleterre (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1508-b | Remembering the Kingmakers: Consolidation of Power and Minorities in Scandinavia (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1508-c | The 'Special Friend': Portraying the Arbitrating King (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The papers in this session aim to examine how medieval kingship - the good, the bad, and the underage - was portrayed and remembered across Europe in the High Middle Ages. It will do so through the lens of a number of well-known narrative sources, their translations and interpretations: Heimskringla, Histoire des ducs de Normandie et des rois d'Angleterre, and the Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi. This will make it possible to draw out points of comparison and contrast about the cultural and political conditions that shaped collective perceptions of rulers in this period. |