IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 199: From Aachen to Jerusalem and Back: Mediterranean Communications, Charlemagne's Survey of the Holy Land Churches, and Post-Roman Christianity in the Middle East
Monday 12 July 2010, 13.15-14.00
| Introduction: | Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen |
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| Speaker: | Michael McCormick, Department of History, Harvard University |
| Abstract | One of the early medieval Mediterranean's most neglected and extraordinary documents is the report of a fact-finding mission Charlemagne sent across the sea to survey the Christian church of the Holy Land. A roll of documents the missi dominici compiled there preserves the most detailed statistical portrait of the female and male personnel, monuments - including exact dimensions - and finances of any major Christian church province before the Domesday Book, and provides new insight into the trajectory of the Christian establishments in the Holy Land between Antiquity and the Crusades. Please note that admission to this event will be on a first-come, first-served basis. In contrast to previous years there will be no tickets for the event. Please ensure that you arrive as early as possible to avoid disappointment (the room will be open 15 minutes before the beginning of the lecture). |