IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1218: The Culture of Sovereignty: Southern Italy under Norman and Staufen Rule
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Daniel Russell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, München Georg Vogeler, Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung in den Geisteswissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Lioba Geis, Lehrstuhl für Mittlere Geschichte, Historisches Institut, RWTH Aachen |
| Paper 1218-a | Sicily's Imperial Heritage (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1218-b | In triumpho reversus est: Symbolic Communication during the Hohenstaufen Takeover of Sicily (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1218-c | Sacrae Imperiales Litterae: On the Reception of the Charters of Frederick II in the Regnum Siciliae (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Recent research emphasizes that political authority is realized not only by exercising brute power but in symbolic actions too. Stefan Burkhardt discusses the Roman imperial heritage in Sicily which was absorbed in a manifold and long-term process, and argues that this had a greater impact on the actual politics than it is traditionally assumed. Thomas Foerster studies Henry's return to Germany from Palermo in 1195 in triumpho, a term that can be seen in terms of an actual ritual of triumph. Georg Vogeler explains the cultural context of the notion of 'sacrae imperiales litterae' which was often used to address charters and writs of the emperor. |