IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 211: Was There an 11th Century?, II: Ideas
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Medieval & Ancient Research Centre (MARCUS), University of Sheffield |
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Organisers: | Rory Naismith, Department of History, King's College London Danica Summerlin, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
Moderator/Chair: | Danica Summerlin, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
Paper 211-a | Male Adolescentia in the 11th Century: Some Chronicle Perspectives (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 211-b | Monastic Formation in the 11th Century: Transformation or Systematisation? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Education, Monasticism |
Paper 211-c | Subverting the Law?: Scribal Confusion and Legal Doctrine in the 11th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | While the 11th century continues to be seen as a pivotal period, it tends to be fragmented. Whether looking at papal and monastic reform, urban transformation, feudal revolution, or legal change, the individual perspectives separate the 11th century into chunks which look either forwards or backwards, but less often sideways at recent or simultaneous developments. The papers in these sessions think outside the historical boxes into which the 11th century is usually compartmentalised, looking at and critiquing the events and ideas of the period to discuss contemporary institutions, real or idealised. |