IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1604: Politics and Conflict in 12th- and 13th-Century Italy
Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Daniel Russell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München / Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, München |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Graham A. Loud, School of History, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1604-a | The Conflict Increases: Social Implications behind the Opposition against King Roger II (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1604-b | The Bishops in the Realm of Frederic II: Between Universal Struggle and Local Conflicts (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1604-c | 'Die kaiserlose, die schreckliche Zeit': The Relation between the Italian Cities and King Manfred of Sicily in a Time without an Emperor (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | In this session we will discuss the nature of conflicts in 12th- and 13th-century Italy. Whereas the old master narrative reduces these conflicts to simple oppositions between the contending powers (pope, Roman emperor, king of Sicily, nobility and cities), the papers presented will take a bottom up perspective and analyze the conflict management as a cultural and social phenomena. Markus Krumm will consider the conflict between Roger II and an opposition of nobles and cities following the foundation of the Regnum Siciliae in 1130. Georg Vogeler will analyze the political decisions taken by the bishops in the Regnum Siciliae and the Regnum Italiae during the reign of Frederic II. (1198-1250). Daniel Russell will deal with the interest the northern and middle Italian cities took in King Manfred of Sicily (1258-1266). |