IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1037: Materialities of Lordship in the Later Middle Ages, I: Qualitative Approaches
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | ERC Project 'Lordship & the Rise of States in Western Europe, 1300-1600', Universiteit Gent |
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Organiser: | Erika Graham-Goering, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
Moderator/Chair: | Jim van der Meulen, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
Paper 1037-a | Who's in Charge?: Re-Evaluating the Concept of Lordship in Late Medieval Normandy (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Political Thought |
Paper 1037-b | Seigneurial Self-Representation of Some Prominent Families in Languedoc (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Paper 1037-c | Landscapes of Lordship: Between Military Needs and Environmentalism (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | This session aims to chart the self-representation of late medieval lords and what they considered important as qualities of their lordship. What choices did lords and seigneurial officers make to assert the status of their lordships to the king and to their contemporaries? How were these reflected in the diplomatic and aesthetic qualities of the administrative documents produced by lords and kings, and in the physical environment in which they exercised their power? Such descriptive and demonstrative processes help us to understand how both the salient material features of lordship and their encapsulation in written records expressed seigneurial power and status. |