IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1616: Rules and Dynastic Ruptures in Late Medieval Europe
Thursday 12 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Sonderforschungsbereich 'Bedrohte Ordnungen', Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen |
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| Organiser: | Ellen Widder, Historisches Seminar, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ellen Widder, Historisches Seminar, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| Paper 1616-a | Change or Continuity? Capetian Nostalgia in the mid-14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1616-b | Joan I, Queen of Naples: The Exception That Proves The Rule (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1616-c | Rules in Situations of Dynastic Ruptures in the Empire of the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Dynastic ruptures were a constant threat to the social and political order during the Late Middle Ages. Although such ruptures are mentioned in a variety of scholarly contexts, they have never been subject to systematical or comparative research. The session will discuss the emergence, application, breaking and modification of rules and conventions relating to imminent or actual dynastic ruptures as well as strategies which agents developed and used to ensure their rule. Selected examples from France, Southern Italy and the Empire will not only enable us to compare different ways of dealing with situations of dynastic threat, but also to understand the conditions and structures of the respective social and political order as well as its change. |