IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 150: A Scandinavian Sonderweg?, I: Networks
Monday 6 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley |
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| Organiser: | Hans Jacob Orning, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alice Taylor, Department of History, King's College London |
| Paper 150-a | Friends and Family: Networks in Scandinavia, c. 1000-1300 (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 150-b | Kings, Nobles, and Networks in High Medieval England and Norway: A Comparative Study (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Abstract | This first of four sessions comparing Scandinavian and non-Scandinavian European political structures addresses para-political networks. Recent research has emphasized the importance of uninstitutionalized social and political bonds - family, friends, followers in G. Althoff's words - in fostering order in medieval societies. Were such bonds more important in Scandinavia than in the rest of Europe? Were they constituted in similar ways? Most important of all, was the relationship of kings to these networks different from other regions of Europe, and did it change as rulers' political power increased? |