IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 1616: The Mobility of Power, II
Thursday 17 July 2003, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Department of History, University of Glasgow / School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh |
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Organiser: | Stuart Airlie, Department of History, University of Glasgow |
Moderator/Chair: | Stuart Airlie, Department of History, University of Glasgow |
Paper 1616-a | The Proliferation of Capitals in the Byzantine Empire (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1616-b | Locating Royal Power in Pre-Norman Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1616-c | Things to Do in Dunfermline when You're Dead (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The concept of the central place, whether as sacred or administrative site, or as inauguration site, is a key element in structures of political authority, but one subject to variation. These papers will consider politics that are poly-centric, that have to cope with 'loss' of key sites, that re-work and re-locate central places to face new circumstances. The comparative perspective (ranging from Byzantium to Scotland) is focused on the early Middle Ages. |