A free conference marking the end of the ‘Breaking of Britain’ AHRC-funded project (see www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk for details).
Friday 23 August
Senate Room, Gilbert Scott Building, Univ. of Glasgow
9.30 Registration
9.45 Preliminaries
Part I: Setting the scene
10.00–11.00
Chair: Keith Stringer
Dauvit Broun, ‘English history as background to the Scottish Wars of Independence’.
Beth Hartland, ‘The People of Northern England database [PoNE]: Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland, 1216–1286’.
11.00–11.30: Teas & coffees
Part II: Government and people in Northern England
11.30–12.30
Chair: Keith Stringer
David Carpenter, ‘The King’s Government in Northern England in the thirteenth century’.
Richard Cassidy, ‘Sheriffs, kings and rebels in Cumberland and Northumberland’.
12.30–14.00: Sandwich lunch and book launch:
Matthew Hammond (ed.), New Perspectives on Medieval Scotland 1093–1286 (The Boydell Press)
Forms will also be available for a discount on the paperback publication of Dauvit Broun, Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain from the Picts to Alexander III (EUP; hbk 2007), which is published today.
Part III: English politics in Scotland
14.00–15.00
Chair: Matthew Hammond
John Reuben Davies, ‘England in the Chronicle of Melrose’.
Fergus Oakes, ‘Alexander III and the Barons’ Wars’.
15.00–15.30: Teas & coffees
Part IV: Law and political ideas in the construction of Scottish independence
15.30–16.30
Chair: Matthew Hammond
Sophie Ambler, ‘The Montfortian revolution and Scottish political thought’.
Sarah Tebbit, ‘The legal context of the formulation of nationhood in early fourteenth-century Scottish texts’.
Registration is available at http://newperspectives.eventbrite.co.uk/. If you are interested in lunch and teas/coffee, you will need to register no later than Monday 19 August.
In this podcast, project investigators Dauvit Broun, David Carpenter and Keith Stringer discuss the historical background to the Wars of Independence, the nature of cross-border society and the objectives of the Breaking of Britain project.
A second podcast on William Wallace and Edward I can be heard by clicking the link here (via The National Archives website).
A conference in association with the AHRC-project The Breaking of Britain: Cross-Border Society and Scottish Independence, 1216–1314 (http://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk/) co-sponsored by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Friends of Cumbria Archives, and the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne.
This conference focuses on how the English and Scottish monarchies asserted their respective authority in ‘Middle Britain’, the different styles of royal rule, and the varying experiences of local communities within the Border region in terms of crown power and its demands.
The conference will also introduce a new online database of translated English royal records for the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland.
Speakers: Prof. Dauvit Broun (University of Glasgow), ‘In England in the kingdom of the Scots’: becoming Scottish, 1157–1286; Prof. Keith Stringer (Lancaster University), Governance and Society in Northern England and Southern Scotland, c.1150–1300; Prof. David Carpenter (King’s College, London), The King’s Government in Northern England in the Thirteenth Century; Dr Beth Hartland (University of Glasgow), The People of Northern England: Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland, 1216–1286
The conference is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. There is no conference fee; lunch and refreshments are free of charge; and a warm welcome is guaranteed to all.
Registration deadline: 27 June 2013
How to register: please send your name, address and the number of places you are booking, preferably via email to breakingofbritain [at] lancaster [dot] ac [dot] uk or else by post to: Christine Wilkinson, Centre for North-West Regional Studies, Fylde College, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF.
Travel directions to Lancaster University:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/contact-and-getting-here/maps-and-travel Map of University campus: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/media/lancasteruniversity/contentassets/documents/maps/campus.pdf Faraday Lecture Theatre is No. 27a. Free parking is available on John Creed Avenue and elsewhere.
More information about the Conference, in PDF form, can be found here (Lancaster conference PDF).
Alongside the exhibition, there will be three talks and a debate, as follows:
These two talks are on Wednesday 22 August, and will both be in the New Register House Dome (adjacent to General Register House):
10.00-11.00 Dr Alan Borthwick (National Records of Scotland), ‘Symbols of kingship and lordship: seals on Scottish official documents, 1286-1306’
11.00 – 11.30 refreshment break
11.30-12.30 Dr John Reuben Davies (University of Glasgow) ‘The Making of the Ragman Roll: Edward I and the Fealty and Homage of the Scots’
These talks are open to the general public, although there are limited seats available. To attend, it is essential to book in advance – either to alan [dot] borthwick [at] nas [dot] gov [dot] uk, or by phoning 0131-242-5810. You may book to attend either of the talks, or both.
The following two events are on Friday 24 August, and are at the Scottish parliament building itself
10.00-11.00 Dr Amanda Beam (University of Glasgow) ‘The Attempted Restoration: Wallace’s Support of King John, 1299-1302’ – see http://www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk/82.htm for more information and to book tickets to attend.
11.30-12.30 A debate: ‘Sir William Wallace, Scotland and the wider world’ – the panel comprises Dr Fiona Watson, Dr Sandy Grant (University of Lancaster), Dr David Ditchburn (Trinity College, Dublin) and Professor Michael Prestwich (University of Durham); the debate will be chaired by the Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick MSP. The debate is scheduled to take place in the main debating chamber itself. To get the debating chamber for the debate is a real prize for us, as you’d imagine. See http://www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk/84.htm for more information and to book tickets to attend.
Again these events, which are part of the Parliament’s Festival of Politics, will be open to the general public.
By Michael Russell MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Scottish Government
6.30–8.30pm, Wednesday 5 September 2012
Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow
The ‘People of Medieval Scotland’ is a database of the 21,000+ people mentioned in the 8500+ documents from Scotland that survive between 1093 and 1314. It has been designed to cater for beginners as well as experts. Learners can explore and discover this pivotal period of Scotland’s past on their own terms. Experts can conduct research in days and hours that would once have taken them months. The database also offers learners and experts a new experience of engaging with the past, allowing thousands of individuals and hundreds of places to take centre stage. It is left to the user to decide what is interesting and important.
Special features include:
If you would like to attend, please register at http://peopleofmedievalscotland.eventbrite.com
If you would like to bring a class, please e-mail dauvit [dot] broun [at] glasgow [dot] ac [dot] uk and indicate how many pupils there are likely to be.
The database is the outcome of two projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council: the ‘Paradox of Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286: Social Relationships and Identities before the Wars of Independence’ (www.poms.ac.uk) and the ‘Breaking of Britain: Cross-border Society and Scottish Independence 1216-1314’ (www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk), a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Lancaster, and King’s College, London.
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