IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 528: Cultural and Political Relationships in the Long 10th Century, I
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Simon Williams, School of History, University of Liverpool |
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Moderator/Chair: | Theo Riches, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Paper 528-a | Shameless Harlots and Child-Eating Witches?: Italian Royal Women in 10th-Century Narratives (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 528-b | Submission and Homage: Some Observations on Feudal-Vassalic Relations and the Settlement of Disputes in Ottonian Germany (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 528-c | Tokens of Goodwill: Royal Land Grants as Consensus-Building Gestures in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Kingdoms (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | Modern scholarship's portrayal of the long 10th century has often suffered due to its position between the Carolingian era and pontificate of Gregory VII. These two interlinked sessions seek to contribute to the growing reassessment of this period's political and cultural histories. Each of the papers explores different elements of 10th century culture with a geographic focus on the East Frankish and Italian kingdoms. These sessions investigate a series of relationships including those between aristocratic peers, rulers and their subjects, writers and their audiences and communities and their pasts. These sessions hope to provide a forum in which scholars can engage with some of the issues at the heart of the ongoing reassessment of this intriguing period in history. |