IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 606: Law, Thought, and Action between East and West, V: The 'Byzantine Commonwealth'
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
| 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: | Ovidiu Cristea, Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Romanian Academy, Bucharest |
| Paper 606-a | The Balkan Expansion of the Ottoman Turks: Legal and Military Systems in Comparison (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Law, Military History |
| Paper 606-b | Legal and Imaginary Frames of Byzantine-Turkish Relations in the mid-14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Law |
| Paper 606-c | Rules for Harmony? Laws for and Practices of Decision-Making in the Late Byzantine Synod (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Canon Law |
| 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. |