IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1650: Status, Rank, or Office?: Social Boundaries in England, 900-1100, II - Minor Officials
Thursday 9 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Haskins Society / Department of History & Philosophy, State University of New York, Old Westbury |
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| Organiser: | Mary Blanchard, Department of History, Ave Maria University, Florida |
| Moderator/Chair: | Chelsea Shields-Más, Department of History, University of York |
| Paper 1650-a | 'All one in friendship and in enmity, whichever may result': Gilds, Status, and Collective Identity in Late Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Language and Literature - Old English, Local History, Social History |
| Paper 1650-b | Outside the Norm: Moneyer Status in Pre-Conquest England (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Economics - General, Numismatics, Social History |
| Paper 1650-c | The Status of Tainus Regis before and after the Norman Conquest (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Social History |
| Abstract | These sessions explore where status ended and office began in England c. 900-1100 and seek to encourage a dialogue among those working on different aspects of pre-Conquest society. Status and the social order were becoming more important during these centuries, signaled by increasing conspicuous consumption and an ecclesiastical interest in tracts on status. In a world where the secular and spiritual were often closely intertwined, what can the men and women who gained status and office in the ecclesiastical sphere tell us about those who obtained the same thing in the secular world? Among the laity, what can a discussion of the lowest thegns contribute to our understanding of the men who became reeves or ealdormen? By asking and attempting to answer these and other questions, these sessions aim to start a discussion and further a multifaceted understanding of the period and its people. |