IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1546: New Frontiers in Research on the Aristocracy in France in the Central Middle Ages, I: Capetians and Aristocrats
Thursday 9 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Centre d’Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (CESCM - UMR 7302), Université de Poitiers |
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| Organisers: | Charlotte Crouch, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading Niall Ó Súilleabháin, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Robert F. Berkhofer, Department of History, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo |
| Paper 1546-a | Keeping up with the Capetians: The Sword of the Duchy in the Chronique de Normandie (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1546-b | Traverser les frontières sociales: Les nouveaux hommes du roi de France et leur évolution au cours du XIIe et XIIIe siècles (Language: Français) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History |
| Paper 1546-c | ‘Take the holy sword as a gift from God': Tales of Holy War and France as a ‘New Israel’ in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
| Abstract | Aristocrats have long been a staple of medieval history, investigated not only for their important role in politics, but also for their centrality to the study of religious, cultural, and social history. The Capetian aristocracy is, however, often considered within strict chronological, regional, or disciplinary boundaries. This session seeks to traverse these boundaries by bringing together papers re-examining French aristocrats and their relationships with the Capetian Monarchy in the 12th and 13th centuries. Alexander Hurlow will explore the tensions expressed in memories of ducal investiture in Normandy after the Capetian Conquest, Sarah Casano-Skaghammar will trace the rise and fall of the Lords of Nemours as royal courtiers and Louis Pulford will investigate the role played by the aristocracy in the promotion of Capetian France as a new Israel. |