IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 809: Law and Legal Culture in Early Medieval England

Tuesday 6 July 2021, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies
Organisers:	Courtnay Konshuh, Department of History, St Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan Chelsea Shields-Más, Department of History, University of York
Moderator/Chair:	Stephen Church, School of History, University of East Anglia
Paper 809-a	Killing, Fighting, and 'Feuding' in Pre-Alfredian Law (Language: English) Ellora Bennett, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin Index terms: Administration, Language and Literature - Old English, Law
Paper 809-b	The Place of Law in Wulfstan's Manuscripts (Language: English) Jay Paul Gates, Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Index terms: Administration, Language and Literature - Old English, Law, Political Thought
Paper 809-c	Flexibility, Form, and Function: The Versatility of Archbishop Wulfstan's Institutes of Polity (Language: English) Sam Holmes, School of History, University of East Anglia Index terms: Administration, Language and Literature - Old English, Law, Political Thought
Abstract	The last several decades have seen numerous developments in the study of early medieval law and legal culture across the whole of the Old English period. Medievalists from across many disciplines have come together to produce work that has improved our understanding of government and administration in the period, and Anglo-Saxon legal culture is now a vibrant and growing field. Following the fruitful sessions on Law and Legal Culture in Anglo-Saxon England at the Kalamazoo ICMS in recent years, and a successful inaugural year at the 2019 Leeds IMC, this session seeks to continue that work and the dialogue on this dynamic topic.