IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 612: Marvels of the East in the 12th Century
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Firenze / Università degli Studi di Milano |
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Organiser: | Francesco Marzella, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Firenze |
Moderator/Chair: | Chris Wickham, All Souls College, University of Oxford |
Paper 612-a | Mirabilia Orientis and Universal Kingship: On Political Theology in the Letter of Prester John (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought, Theology |
Paper 612-b | St John the Evangelist and St Edward the Confessor's Ring (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Mentalities |
Abstract | The main purpose of this session is to examine some Western representations of Eastern lands. The first two papers will focus on symbolic and legendary motifs related to the 'marvellous East' and their use in two Western texts of the 12th century of political-theological (letter of Prester John) and hagiographical (the episode of the Saint John the Evangelist in the Lives of Saint Edward the Confessor) character. |