IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 815: Administrators, Clerics, and Heiresses: Aristocratic Identities in Capetian France
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | 'Repenser l'aristocratie dans la France capétienne (987-1328)', Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (CESCM - UMR 7302), Université de Poitiers |
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| Organiser: | Niall Ó Súilleabháin, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Niall Ó Súilleabháin, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin |
| Paper 815-a | Tracing the Origins of Capetian Royal Prerogatives: Marrying Heiresses in 12th- and Early 13th-Century France (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 815-b | Les relations intrafamiliales entre clercs et laïcs: L'exemple de la famille de Nemours, XIIe-XIIIe siècles (Language: Français) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History |
| Paper 815-c | Making It Work: Administering Champagne-Navarre in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics |
| Abstract | The medieval aristocracy are often narrowly conceived in historical thought as merely warriors and governors. Through the lens of recent research on the aristocracy of France in the central middle ages, this panel will highlight how the aristocratic strata of medieval society were much more diverse and complex than this standard image. Charlotte Crouch will investigate changing royal and aristocratic prerogatives in the marriages of heiresses; Sarah Casano-Skaghammar will explore the interwoven experiences of a single family navigating both aristocratic and clerical careers; and Jillian Bjerke will illuminate the roles of administrators in the government of 13th-century Champagne and Navarre. |