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

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.

William Wallace and Edward I Podcast

A second podcast on William Wallace and Edward I can be heard by clicking the link here (via The National Archives website).

States, Governance and People, c.1150–c.1300

Faraday Lecture Theatre, Lancaster University

from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm, Saturday 6 July 2013

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.

 PEOPLE OF MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND 1093-1314

 NEW ON-LINE LEARNING RESOURCE AND RESEARCH TOOL

 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:

• A ‘lab’ space for quick and thought-provoking ways to explore the database
• Gaelic names are identified in their medieval and modern forms
• A multi-faceted search facility
• For experts: special attention to the form of documents

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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