IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 506: Law, Thought, and Action between East and West, IV: Crusading in South-Eastern Europe
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Institut für Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Romanian Academy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca |
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| Organiser: | Alexandru Simon, Center for Transylvanian Studies, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca |
| Moderator/Chair: | Tudor Sălăgean, Center for Transylvanian Studies, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca |
| Paper 506-a | Crusading Rules in Venice during the Fourth Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Law |
| Paper 506-b | Crusading in the East: Diversions and Schismatics (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 506-c | The Use of Titles and Symbols Related to the Crusade in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary Prior to and after the Council of Florence (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | 'East' and 'West' met under various forms throughout the Middle Ages. Few encounters however were as complex as those at Christendom's terrestrial and maritime eastern and south-eastern borders. They 'lawfully' engulfed the antique heritage and the 'medieval novelties' and were seldom single-directed, whether on a philosophical or on an administrative level. On the basis of case studies, the papers emphasize matters of individuality, as well as general features in a contact area crossed by various channels of communication, including crusading. The presentations also reveal the, at times, neglected structural impact of Byzantium on its contemporaries, admirers and adversaries. |