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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
Moderator/Chair:Theo Riches, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Paper 528-aShameless Harlots and Child-Eating Witches?: Italian Royal Women in 10th-Century Narratives
(Language: English)
Roberta Cimino, Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews / Università di Bologna
Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 528-bSubmission and Homage: Some Observations on Feudal-Vassalic Relations and the Settlement of Disputes in Ottonian Germany
(Language: English)
Levi Roach, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 528-cTokens of Goodwill: Royal Land Grants as Consensus-Building Gestures in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Kingdoms
(Language: English)
Steven Robbie, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
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.