IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1026: The Community of the Realm in Scotland, 1249-1424: History, Law, and Charters in a Recreated Kingdom, I - Thinking through the Longue Durée
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Arts & Humanities Research Council Project 'The Community of the Realm in Scotland, 1249-1424: History, Law & Charters in a Recreated Kingdom' |
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Organiser: | Stephen Boardman, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh |
Moderator/Chair: | Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
Paper 1026-a | The Legacies of Robert I (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1026-b | 14th-Century Political Mentalities in John of Fordun's Narrative of Scottish Royal History (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Law, Political Thought |
Paper 1026-c | The Laws of the Realm in 14th-Century Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The session looks at the most important legacies of Robert I's kingship and traces the way that the king's image and reputation, and the legal and administrative changes he fostered, developed and evolved across the late medieval period. It explores: the way in which Robert's reputation was moulded and exploited by his 14th- and 15th-century successors in the political, social, and military spheres; examines the impact of Bruce's governmental and legal innovations on the development of ideas of community and royal authority over the same period; outlines the critical role the king and his administrators played in projects designed to create a sense of legal antiquity and legal identity within the realm. |