IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 1113: The Powers of Prophecy Revisited
Wednesday 16 July 2003, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Anke Holdenried, University of Leicester |
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Moderator/Chair: | Anke Holdenried, University of Leicester |
Paper 1113-a | Sibilla Erithrea Babillonica: Prophecy and the Crisis of Papal Power in Italy and the Greek East under Gregory IX (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities, Political Thought |
Paper 1113-b | Crusading Ideas in the Prophecies of Jean de Roquetaillade (Johannes de Rupescissa) (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities, Political Thought |
Paper 1113-c | Prophecy and Revivalism in the Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities |
Abstract | Prophetic writings were frequently used as polemic and propaganda and are thus an integral part of the language of power. In turn, scholars explain prophecy's role as a powerful tool for the expression of social and political concerns in terms of psychology, i.e. they locate it in human hopes and fear of the future. Recent preoccupation with millennial anxieties has further popularised the psychological approach to prophecy. This session seeks to apply a wider focus through a study of the interaction between prophecy and ideology (papal, imperial, crusading) in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. |