IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 1535: The Experience of Local Officialdom, between Order and Disorder, I: Officials and Their Communities in Late Medieval Europe
Thursday 4 July 2024, 09:00-10:30
| Organisers: | Nathan Meades, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Charles Steinman, Department of History, Columbia University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Ian Forrest, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow |
| Paper 1535-a | 'De nocte et hora suspecta': Officials Prowling in the Dark, Provence, 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Sexuality and Social History |
| Paper 1535-b | 'Never wont to do a good thing': Personal and Official Authority of Petty Officials in the Lower Rhône Valley, c. 1200-1400 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration and Social History |
| Paper 1535-c | 'Quia apparitor non comparuit': The Role of Summoners in English Ecclesiastical Courts (Language: English) Index terms: Administration and Social History |
| Abstract | Local officeholders and enforcers were central to medieval configurations of power, but their presence and absence alike could signify crisis and confusion. This strand considers local officers within their immediate socio-political contexts as sources of order as well as disorder, generators of crisis and crisis managers. The contributions concern a wide variety of officers, and indeed problematise the notion of 'officialdom' itself. They propose a social and experiential history of officialdom which highlights the roles, profiles, and possibilities of diverse agents. This explores the tensions officers faced between competing conceptions of political and social order: personal, communal, and central. |