IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 202: Comparative Approaches to Medieval Elite History
Monday 1 July 2013, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Hilde de Weerdt, Department of History, King's College London |
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Moderator/Chair: | Michael Lackner, Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg |
Respondent: | Hilde de Weerdt, Department of History, King's College London |
Paper 202-a | An 11th-Century Crisis of Elites? (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Social History |
Paper 202-b | Contending for the Orthodoxy: Zhen Dexiu's Ideas about Fate and Divination (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 202-c | The Political Dimensions of Venetian Merchant Networks (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Social History |
Abstract | This panel explores comparative approaches to late medieval elite history focusing on elite responses to crises. R. I. Moore examines how the 11th century can be seen as a crisis moment in global history and compares elite responses to crises across Eurasia. Liao Hsien-huei and Michael Lackner discuss findings from a comparative project on strategies for coping with the future in medieval Asia and Europe. Liao's paper focuses on Chinese elite networks and mantic practices. Julius Morche and Hilde De Weerdt report on a comparative project on elite communication networks. Morche's paper examines the political dimensions of late medieval Venetian merchant correspondence networks. |