IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 707: Goods and Ideas: Bridging Continents in the Byzantine World (c. 300-1500), III - Centre and Periphery
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | University of Birmingham |
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Organiser: | Daniel K. Reynolds, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 707-a | Rorik's World System: Scandinavia, Byzantium, and Asia, c. 300-1100 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Byzantine Studies, Economics - Trade, Maritime and Naval Studies |
Paper 707-b | Monasticism and the Laity in Byzantium: The Case of an Imperial Foundation in Thrace (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Byzantine Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 707-c | Negotiated Settlements: The Eurasian Mode of Politics (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Geography and Settlement Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | This panel seeks to explore the relationship between centre and periphery in the medieval world. In economic terms, it will examine how the mechanisms of trade, patronage and cultural exchange continued to facilitate contact between political hearts such as Constantinople and the extremities of Empire and how such patterns responded to the evolving geo-political landscape of the early medieval world. This provides an excellent platform for the exploration of political apparatus and administration and the connection between localised and central authority. Furthermore, it enables discussion of how such relationships of power were perceived, expressed, and interpreted across the medieval world, and their legacy in emerging spaces on the periphery of Empire. |