IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 813: Oriental Court Ceremonies and their Perception in Christian Literature and Erudition in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Tuesday 13 July 2004, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Graduiertenkolleg 'Gesellschaftliche Symbolik im Mittelalter', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
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| Organiser: | Ingmar Krause, Graduiertenkolleg 'Gesellschaftliche Symbolik im Mittelalter', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| Moderator/Chair: | Theo Riches, Departments of Medieval & Modern History, University of Birmingham |
| Paper 813-a | Religious Rituals of Power in Medieval Europe and the Islamic World (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic & Arabic Studies, Political Thought, Theology |
| Paper 813-b | The Adaptation of Foreign Ceremonies at the Court of Hákon IV (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Political Thought |
| Paper 813-c | Descriptions of Ottoman, Persian, and Arab Ceremonies by Early Modern Scholars in the West (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic & Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session will focus on ceremonial signs in the pre-modern Orientals and their perception in medieval literature and early modern erudition. It deals with religious rituals of power in the 10th and 11th centuries in the empire in comparison with those in the Islamic world. Further investigations concern the perception of indian ceremonies at the court of King Hakon IV. Finally the session will focus on the perception of Ottoman, Persian and Arab court and diplomatic ceremonies in the works of German and French scholars. |