IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1037: Enemies, I: Ecclesiastical and Political Enemies
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies |
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Organiser: | Elisabeth Mincin, School of History, University of St Andrews |
Moderator/Chair: | Helen Frances Smith, School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, University of Edinburgh |
Paper 1037-a | Ecclesiastical Frenemies?: Rivalries between 10th-Century English Benedictine Reformers (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
Paper 1037-b | The Politics of Romance: The Political Activity of King Mark in His Conflict with Tristan in the Roman de Tristan en Prose (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Political Thought |
Abstract | It is easy to locate various 'Empires' (both political and ideological) across time and space - forever rising and falling in an endless flux of power over the millennium that has been denoted 'medieval'. Existing in tandem with these various imperial regimes are inevitable 'enemies' – detractors, dissenters, troublemakers, and traitors. This strand will explore the concept of these 'enemies' in relation to different embodiments of Empire. The following papers will look more specifically to examine political and ecclesiastical rivalries, both real and fictitious. |