IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 817: Culture, Consensus, and Crisis: Economic Aspects
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | MARS - Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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| Organiser: | Gerhard Lubich, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jens Lieven, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Paper 817-a | … Being Rich Ain't What it's Cracked up to Be?: 'Civil society', Practics, and Discourse on Wealth in the Early Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - General, Mentalities, Political Thought |
| Paper 817-b | 'Boyars with Gold Necklaces, Belts, and Rings …': Nobility in Medieval Bulgaria, 8th-13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Historiography - Medieval, Local History, Political Thought |
| Paper 817-c | Poor Little Rich Girls?: Women's Wealth within the Merovingian Family (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Historiography - Medieval, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | The stabilitiy of any given political system depends on the consensus of its members. This 'consensus' (acceptance of the system, shared values etc.) is, as some modern scholars argue, not the product of the state itself or its ruling class, but the result of 'civil society'; 'consensus' is thus not indoctrinated, but the result of a discourse within the people itself. This session proposes to explore the concept of 'civil society' as an analytical concept on the dicourse and practics in the early Middle Ages focussing on economic aspects. |