IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 806: Texts and Identities, VII: The Formation of an Emperor - Lothar I
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht / Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |
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Organisers: | Maximilian Diesenberger, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Gerda Heydemann, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien Marianne Pollheimer-Mohaupt, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien |
Moderator/Chair: | Mayke de Jong, Instituut Geschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Paper 806-a | Models for an Emperor: The Influence of Lothar's Early Career (795-840) (Language: English) |
Paper 806-b | The Middle Kingdom between 843 and 855: Some Reflections on the Effectiveness and Motives of Lothar's Reign (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Military History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 806-c | Spiritual Power for an Emperor: Lothar I and the Use of Biblical Texts (Language: English) |
Abstract | The figure of Lothar I is, in modern scholarship as well as in the sources we have from the 9th century, a rather ambiguous one. Dealing with different aspects and different periods of his career, this session will focus on his formation as an emperor, on models that may have influenced his ideas of imperial rule, and on the strategies he applied to implement his rule as an emperor. |