IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1222: Early Medieval Societies on the Edges: From Britain to the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond, I
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Project 'Societies on the Edges', Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz |
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Organiser: | Francesca Tinti, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Moderna y de América, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz |
Moderator/Chair: | Rory Naismith, Department of History, King's College London |
Paper 1222-a | Anglo-Saxon Perceptions and Representations of Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities |
Paper 1222-b | 'Griffin se Wylisca cing': 11th-Century Welsh Kings in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Old English |
Paper 1222-c | Beyond the Border: Communities, Violence, and the Construction of Territory to the North and South of the Duero River (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Geography and Settlement Studies, Social History |
Abstract | This is the first of two sessions on different meanings of 'borders' in early medieval European societies. Papers A and B focus on Britain, with the former exploring Anglo-Saxon descriptions of Europe and shifting perceptions of Britain's place in the world, while the latter discusses the depiction of Welsh kings in the 11th-century annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, demonstrating that the Welsh are more central than generally assumed. With Paper C the attention shifts to the Iberian Peninsula and, more specifically, the regions south of the River Duero, to propose a new interpretation of their territorial organisation. |