IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 717: Friendship and Power, III: Diversity of Networks in Action
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | AHRB Centre for Byzantine Cultural History / Medieval Friendship Conference, The Queen's University, Belfast, 2004 |
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| Organisers: | Julian P. Haseldine, Department of History, University of Hull Margaret E. Mullett, Institute of Byzantine Studies, Queen's University, Belfast / AHRC Centre for Byzantine Cultural History |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Centre for Viking & Medieval Studies, Universitetet i Oslo |
| Paper 717-a | A Party of Friends and Relations: The Letter Collection of Hierotheos (12th Century) (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Literacy and Orality, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 717-b | The Impact and Importance of a Personal Network: Archbishop William of Champagne and his Circle, Agents in Royal Service (1179-1203)? (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 717-c | A Super-Network?: Bernard of Clairvaux's Use of Friendship (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This is one of four planned sessions exploring the theme of power and authority in relation to friendship in the light of the recent proliferation of research in this area. This third session examines the central problem of reconstructing the networks of friendship which had such an impact on political and cultural life. It is the structure, the cohesion and the endurance of the network which gives friendship its power. This session explores both the internal dynamics of friendship networks, with their balance of authority and equality, and their external impact as vehicles for the application of power. |