Anglo-Norman Research Group in Scotland

苏格兰盎格鲁-诺曼研究小组

• 批准号: AH/G014515/1
• 负责人: Judith Green
• 金额: $ 1.51万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FG014515%2F1
• 关键词: Anglo; Norman; Research; Group; Scotland

'I have long had the dream that Scotland is the link between England and Normandy,' wrote Maitland, that great historian of medieval English law. Few modern scholars of the Anglo-Norman era have closely compared and integrated primary and secondary material from both sides of the border into their work. Those who have, for the most part historians of Scotland (few of whom have taken the further step, much more common among historians of England, to Normandy), have shown that comparison of what were fundamental periods in the development of both countries can be extremely valuable. Such work though, despite its manifest benefits, remains rare, even though there are now more academic staff and more research students working on more aspects of the Anglo-Norman period in Scotland than ever before. More scholars, at more universities, but, as yet no community of scholars across the universities. This Research Workshop aims to forge a new identifiable research community, which draws on inter-institutional as well as interdisciplinary relationships, and which combines Scottish and Celtic histories with English and Norman. It seeks to unite and to recognise the skills and talents of a number of prominent scholars in Scotland who work in the field of Anglo-Norman history, and provide a forum for postgraduate students from the various Scottish universities to showcase their work. It seeks to inspire cooperation, collaboration and cohesion among these scholars, and to have the collective presence and strength necessary to regularly bring international scholars to Scotland to work with the group. To encourage participation among as broad a range of scholars as possible we have decided to emphasise the theme of power in our bid and in our first year. Broadly speaking definitions of power centre on the effective exercise of influence over others. In recent years historians have become aware that as an historical concept power adopts a variety of different guises in terms of both form and function. Whilst traditional methodologies of power have generally focused on either military or governmental might, there is a growing tendency to recognise more subtle avenues as means through which power can be displayed. This includes diplomacy and persuasive literature as well as thinking about how power can be exercised by non-traditional groups like women and peasants. Arguably, these issues have a special resonance within the Anglo-Norman period (tenth to thirteenth centuries) where tumultuous changes in the political-cultural fabric as well as the physical landscape impacted upon society writ large. The proposed workshops seek to engage with this theme of power in dramatic new ways and in particular to explore the ways and means by which it developed and devolved at international, national and local levels. It provides opportunities for comparative analysis between the areas which made up the Anglo-Norman realm, including, Scotland, Normandy and England as well as key research strands such as law, monastic patronage, the expression of lordship, courtly life and gender studies. Whilst many of these research strands are well known to Anglo-Norman scholars, this project represents the first sustained effort to pull them together as a unified whole in order to establish the ways and means by which power developed and devolved during this critical period. This is a particularly significant moment in which to engage with such debates given the current political climate.

“我一直梦想着苏格兰是英格兰和诺曼底之间的纽带，”梅特兰写道，这位伟大的中世纪英国法律历史学家。盎格鲁-诺曼时代的现代学者很少有密切比较和整合的主要和次要材料从边界两侧到他们的工作。大多数研究苏格兰的历史学家（他们中很少有人更进一步，但在英格兰历史学家中更为常见的是，他们研究了诺曼底）已经表明，对两国发展的基本时期进行比较是非常有价值的。尽管这样的工作有明显的好处，但仍然很少见，尽管现在有更多的学术人员和更多的研究学生在苏格兰从事盎格鲁-诺曼时期的更多方面的工作。更多的学者，在更多的大学，但是，到目前为止，还没有一个跨大学的学者社区。该研究研讨会旨在建立一个新的可识别的研究社区，它借鉴了机构间和跨学科的关系，并将苏格兰和凯尔特历史与英语和诺曼相结合。它旨在团结和认识苏格兰一些在盎格鲁-诺曼历史领域工作的杰出学者的技能和才能，并为来自苏格兰各大学的研究生提供一个论坛，以展示他们的工作。它旨在激发这些学者之间的合作，协作和凝聚力，并拥有定期将国际学者带到苏格兰与该集团合作所需的集体存在和力量。为了鼓励尽可能广泛的学者参与，我们决定在我们的申办和第一年强调权力的主题。从广义上讲，权力的定义集中在对他人有效施加影响上。近年来，历史学家们逐渐意识到，作为一个历史概念，权力在形式和功能上都有各种不同的伪装。虽然传统的权力方法通常集中在军事或政府力量上，但越来越多的人倾向于将更微妙的途径视为展示权力的手段。这包括外交和有说服力的文学，以及思考如何让妇女和农民等非传统群体行使权力。可以说，这些问题在盎格鲁-诺曼时期（10世纪至13世纪）有着特殊的共鸣，在这个时期，政治文化结构的动荡变化以及自然景观对社会产生了巨大的影响。拟议的讲习班力求以引人注目的新方式探讨权力这一主题，特别是探讨权力在国际、国家和地方各级发展和转移的方式方法。它提供了机会，组成盎格鲁-诺曼王国，包括苏格兰，诺曼底和英格兰的地区之间的比较分析，以及关键的研究股，如法律，修道院赞助，贵族的表达，宫廷生活和性别研究。虽然这些研究中的许多分支对盎格鲁-诺曼学者来说是众所周知的，但这个项目代表了第一次持续的努力，将它们作为一个统一的整体拉到一起，以建立在这个关键时期权力发展和转移的方式和方法。鉴于目前的政治气候，这是参与此类辩论的一个特别重要的时刻。