IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 620: Sanctifying Aggression: Papal Involvement in Military Affairs
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Department of Medieval History, Trinity College, University of Dublin |
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| Organiser: | Patrick Healy, Department of Medieval History, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Christine E. Meek, School of Histories & Humanities, Trinity College, Dublin |
| Paper 620-a | Pope Leo IX and the Battle of Civitate, 1053 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Political Thought |
| Paper 620-b | The Role of the Martyr in the Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought |
| Paper 620-c | The Breakdown of Papal Authority over the First Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Social History |
| Abstract | All three papers deal with papal involvement in military affairs and cover the period 1053-1099. Paper A concerns the military enterprise of Pope Leo IX which culminated in the battle of Civitate in 1053 and the representation of this engagement in later polemical works. Paper B will discuss the developing concept of martyrdom in the struggle between Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV. Paper C will examine papal oversight of the first Crusade and the breakdown of papal authority in the course of that Crusade. |