Problems and possibilities of early medieval charters / edited by Jonathan Jarrett and Allan Scott McKinley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jarrett, Jonathan, editor.

McKinley, Allan Scott, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charters--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Charters.

History.

Europe--History--To 1500--Sources--Congresses.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2013]

Summary:

This series draws on selections of papers from tightly knit themes or sessions at one or more of the annual International Medieval Congresses and is supplemented by commissioned papers. All papers are fully peer-reviewed. Although historical work on the early Middle Ages relies to an enormous extent on the evidence provided by charters and other such documents, the paradigms within which such documents are interpreted have changed relatively slowly and unevenly. The critical turn, the increasing availability of digital tools and corpora for study, and the acceptance among charter specialists that their discipline can inform a wider field all encourage rethinking. From 2006 to 2011 a series of sessions at the Leeds International Medieval Congress addressed this by applying new critiques and technologies to early medieval diplomatic material from all over Europe. This volume collects some of the best of these papers by new and young scholars and adds related work from another session. The subjects range from reinterpretations of Carolingian or Anglo-Saxon political history, through the production and use of charters by all ranks of society and their subsequent preservation from Spain to Germany and England to Italy, to explorations of new media leading to new kinds of results from such evidence. The result is an array of new perspectives which makes an important contribution to recent reconsiderations of charter studies. It will inform a wide audience from all walks of medieval historical studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Problems and Possibilities of Early Medieval Charters / Jonathan Jarrett Jarrett, Jonathan 1

'Charters in Plenty, If Only they Were Good for Anything': The Problem of Bookland and Folkland in Pre-Viking England / Martin J. Ryan Ryan, Martin J. 19

Strategies of Alienating Land to the Church in Eighth-Century Alsace / Allan Scott McKinley McKinley, Allan Scott 33

Cistercian Charters and the Import of a Political Culture into Medieval Sweden / Erik Niblaeus Niblaeus, Erik 57

Meaning and Context: Moringus the Lay Scribe and Charter Formulation in Late Carolingian Burgundy / Charles West West, Charles 71

Comparing the Earliest Documentary Culture in Carolingian Catalonia / Jonathan Jarrett Jarrett, Jonathan 89

When Is a Charter Not a Charter? Documents in Non-Conventional Contexts in Early Medieval Europe / Arkady Hodge Hodge, Arkady 127

Destroying Documents in the Early Middle Ages / Antonio Sennis Sennis, Antonio 151

Looking for Charters that Aren't There: Lost Anglo-Saxon Charters and Archival Footprints / Charles Insley Insley, Charles 171

Representations of Monarchical 'Highness' in Carolingian Royal Charters / Shigeto Kikuchi Kikuchi, Shigeto 187

Titles and Troubles: Conceptions of Mercian Royal Authority in Eighth- and Ninth-Century Charters / Morn Capper Capper, Morn 209

Lothar I in Italy, 834-40: Charters and Authority / Elina Screen Screen, Elina 231

The Charter Evidence for the Reign of King Edmund (939-46) / Alaric Trousdale Trousdale, Alaric 253

Changes in Patronage at Fulda: A Re-Evaluation / Julie A. Hofmann Hofmann, Julie A. 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9782503548302

250354830X

OCLC:

854614724