IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1512: Women, Political Players, Cities: The Flexible Use of Cultural, Political, and Judicial Spaces
Thursday 15 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg / Université du Luxembourg |
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| Organiser: | Laura Brander, Lehrstuhl für Mittelalterliche Geschichte unter Einbeziehung der Landesgeschichte, Institut für Geschichte, Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jenny Oesterle, Geschichte des Mittelmeerraums im Mittelalter, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Paper 1512-a | Transfer of Identity: Brides as Motor of Changing in European Medieval Families (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1512-b | Biography and Transfer of Political Culture: Peter of Aspelt between Western and Central Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy, Science |
| Paper 1512-c | The Two Towns of Bamberg: Political Challenges and Opportunities in a Medieval German City (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Local History, Social History |
| Abstract | This session explores the flexibility in using different spaces and identities, when people shifted between cultural spheres and territories or between communities within a distinct area. Paper A examines the cultural transfer of identity of noble families through brides travelling and moving to their husbands. Paper B explores the intellectual and political itinerary of Peter of Aspelt who travelled as bishop and chancellor between Bohemia and Basel and became a powerful political player in the Roman Empire. Paper C deals with the political landscape of Bamberg, an episcopal town, and the room for manoeuvre its structure opened up for its citizens. |