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Graduate Student, History and Classics
Thesis Title: The 'Complaints of the Normans' of 1247: Land, politics and society in thirteenth-century Normandy
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Professor Daniel Power
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This thesis considers the government and society of Normandy between the Capetian annexation of the duchy in 1204, and the Treaty of Paris in 1259. It uses the 'Querimoniae Normannorum' ('Complaints of the Normans') to assess how Norman society changed and was changed by French rule in the thirteenth century.
The 'Complaints' form part of an inquest ordered by Saint Louis on the eve of his first crusade. Ostensibly, the inquest was undertaken to assess local government, but the 'Complaints' reflect a far wider variety of concerns and disputes. A key part of the thesis is to describe how the record has survived, and the implications for understanding French rule in Normandy in this period.
The thesis also draws on other thirteenth-century material, including published charter material, judgements from the Norman Exchequer, and records from central French government, to show whether the 'Complaints' reflect change specific to Normandy, or whether the concerns evident in the QN were reflected elsewhere in thirteenth-century France.
