MSS Collaborative Seminar
- When
- 22-11-2019 from 06:30 to 11:00
- Where
- Ghent, Plateau Building, ground floor, 'Simon Stevin' Room (Plateaustraat 22)
- Organizer
- Els De Paermentier, Dirk Heirbaut, Falco Van der Schueren
- Contact
- falco.vanderschueren@gmail.com
Final 2019 collaborative seminar on medieval documentary and juridical sources
Recording voluntary jurisdiction in the late Middle Ages. Notaries and other legal actors
The seminar brings together experts from Ghent University (History Department and Legal History) as well as other Belgian and international experts.
The aim is to facilitate discussion in the research field of medieval documentary - and especially legislative - sources and set up new collaborations.
Organizers: Falco Van der Schueren (Alumnus Ghent University), Els De Paermentier (History Department, HPIMS), Dirk Heirbaut (Legal History, HPIMS).
Programme:
08.30 – 08.50: Walk-in and coffee
08.50 – 09.00: Introduction and welcome by Els De Paermentier
09.00 – 10.30: Session 1 – Notaries and their competitors
- 09.00 – 09.30: Mathias Schmoeckel (Universität Bonn), “Documentality, the success of documentary evidence”
Discussion
- 09.30 – 09.50: Falco Van der Schueren (Ghent University), “Shared interest or mutual competition? The organization of voluntary jurisdiction in the Southern Low Countries during the late Middle Ages"
09.50 – 10.30: Feedback and discussion. Referees: Mathias Schmoeckel, Hendrik Callewier, Michel Oosterbosch
10.30 – 10.45: Coffee break
10.45 – 12.15: Session 2 – Notarial acts and archives: digital techniques for analysis and preservation
- 10.45 – 11.05: Elena Albarrán Fernández (Universidad de Oviedo), "Notarial acts and digital diplomatics”
11.05 – 11.45: Feedback and discussion. Referees: Valeria Van Camp, Sally Chambers (tbc), Els De Paermentier
- 11.45 – 12.15: Hendrik Callewier (Rijksarchief Brugge, KULeuven-Campus Kortrijk), “Presentation of the Notarius project” (Belgian State Archives)
Discussion
12.15 – 12.30: Dirk Heirbaut (Ghent University), Conclusion and perspectives
12.30 – 13.00: Lunch