IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1613: Northern Travels and Meetings, II: Politics, Religion, and Identity
Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Creating the New North Research Programme, Universitetet i Tromsø |
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Organiser: | Richard Holt, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet |
Moderator/Chair: | Richard Holt, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet |
Paper 1613-a | Political Contacts and Rivalry in Norway and Russia: Diplomacy and Warfare on the Move (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1613-b | For Business or Pleasure? Travelling to Rome from the Arctic in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
Paper 1613-c | Merchants' Travels to the Sami: Trade, Tax, and Conversion (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Pagan Religions, Social History |
Abstract | This session stresses the realistic and constructive contacts between north and south. The developing monarchies of Norway and Novgorod were competitors for the appreciable tribute income to be drawn from the Sami of northern Fennoscandia, whilst other contacts with the Sami involved also trade and attempts to convert them to Christianity. Developments in the north were affected by important journeys to Rome, and travels between north and south contributed to a new northern identity. |