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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 720: The Materiality of Noble Power, III: Display and Hierarchy

Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Sonderforschungsbereich 933 'Materiale Textkulturen', Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Organiser:Abby Armstrong, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University
Moderator/Chair:Louise J. Wilkinson, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University
Paper 720-aGenealogical Rolls of German and English Nobility: Structuring Dynastic Lines through Materiality
(Language: English)
Matthias Kuhn, Sonderforschungsbereich 933 'Materiale Textkulturen', Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Heraldry, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 720-b'Playing the Lord?': The Materiality of Noble Power in the Manière de Langage
(Language: English)
Ashley Powers, Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Ohio Wesleyan University
Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 720-cThe Materiality of Female Power: Authority and Identity in Elite Scottish Women's Charters and Seals, c. 1296-1458
(Language: English)
Rachel Meredith Davis, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies
Abstract

In the Middle Ages, the power, influence, and authority of the nobility could be manifested through a number of material mediums. These different artefacts were each used within specific contexts for particular purposes, to display, emphasise, and exert their lordship. The strand aims to explore how lordly authority was displayed and demonstrated through a range of sources, from material culture to documents and literature. This third panel focusses on the display of authority and aspects of hierarchy. It examines genealogical rolls, a manual for teaching conversational French to Englishmen, and the seals and charters of Scottish elite women.