IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 719: Networks in Early Medieval Charters: Power, Politics, and Society
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Jonathan Dell Isola, Department of History, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC |
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Moderator/Chair: | Levi Roach, Department of History, University of Exeter |
Paper 719-a | The Politics of Place: Location and Networks in the Charters of Lothar I (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 719-b | Memory, Empire, and Bottom-Up Networks between Kings in 10th-Century Rheims (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 719-c | Elites in the Charters of Arnulf of Carinthia: Networks and Power (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | In recent years royal charters have seen various reappraisals by historians, moving the discussion from charters as largely dominated by the royal court to seeing them as products of both royal and elite agendas. Royal charters can be mined for a variety of information, from the location of lands to familial and political relationships. Charters were not neutral or passive receptors of royal activity, but interwoven into ceremonies and politics. Above all, charters can show the contours of royal power and authority. This panel seeks to offer different ways of looking at charters as a nexus for various networks, both political and social. |