IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 741: Passed over Manuscripts and Forgotten Social Transformations during the Reigns of Edmund, Eadred, and Eadwig
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Mary Blanchard, Department of History, Ave Maria University, Florida Christopher Riedel, Department of History, Albion College, Michigan |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Mary Blanchard, Department of History, Ave Maria University, Florida |
| Paper 741-a | The Materiality of Reform: Re-Examining the Benedictine Context of English Caroline Minuscule (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism |
| Paper 741-b | 'Eallum folce, ge yldrum ge gingrum': Social Transformation during the Reigns of Edmund, Eadred, and Eadwig, 939-959 (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Law, Social History |
| Abstract | Edmund (r.939-946), Eadred (r.946-955), and Eadwig (r.955-959) ruled parts or all of England for twenty years, yet they are often ignored in favor of the men who came before or after them with little research being dedicated to these kings in their own right. But how did the English kingdom develop from Æthelstan, arguably the first king of England, to the imperial coronation and Benedictine Reform of Edgar’s reign? This session aims to bring the reigns of these often passed-over kings into the light through the re-examination of specific manuscripts produced during this period and a new approach to Anglo-Saxon social status. The papers focus on these 'lost' twenty years and will aid in the development of a clearer picture of these decades. Together they will both illuminate our understanding of this understudied period and create a more unified view of the century between Alfred and Æthelred. |