IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 227: The Papacy in Europe: Avignon and Beyond

Monday 12 July 2010, 14.15-15.45

Organiser:	Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:	Barbara Bombi, School of History, University of Kent
Paper 227-a	Contacts between the Holy See and Late Medieval Livonia: Centre and Periphery of Christendom (Language: English) Eva Eihmane, Faculty of History & Philosophy, University of Latvia, Riga Index terms: Local History, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life
Paper 227-b	John XXII between Centre and Periphery: Papal Policy in Late Medieval Europe (1316-1334) (Language: English) Sebastian Zanke, Abteilung Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität Augsburg Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 227-c	Einarr goes to Avignon: Iceland and the Papacy (Language: English) Erika Sigurdson, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 227-d	Patronage and Power: Advisors and Ambassadors at the Avignon Curia (Language: English) Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	This session examines aspects of curial government in a European context, looking at the reciprocal relationship between the papacy and secular or clerical institutions/individuals. The first paper analyses the influence of papacy on internal policies and morals in Livonia, the second will discuss European policies of John XXII, while the third paper explores the relationship between Iceland and the Avignon papacy. The final paper will examine the role of 'foreign' advisors and ambassadors at the curia in shaping papal policies. The session therefore provides insights into papal government and politics, as well as into the influence exercised by the papacy over Europe, and the influence of wider European developments on the papal curia.