IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1521: Early Medieval Political Thought
Thursday 13 July 2006, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Roy Flechner, Wadham College, University of Oxford |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Roy Flechner, Wadham College, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1521-a | Church and Kingdom in the Collectio Canonum Hibernensis and Córus Béscnai (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 1521-b | The Space of Politics and the Politics of Space (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Political Thought |
| Paper 1521-c | How Large is Your Túath? (unconfirmed) (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Celtic, Local History, Onomastics |
| Abstract | The present session considers aspects of political thought in early medieval Europe, with an emphasis on Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England. Speakers will discuss theoretical notions and explore the role that political philosophies played in the societies in which they were conceived. Among the topics that will be considered are correspondences between geography and political messages, the structuring of social-political units, political ideas in legal texts, and the relationship between Church and kingdom. |