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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
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-aEcclesiastical Frenemies?: Rivalries between 10th-Century English Benedictine Reformers
(Language: English)
Alison Hudson, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism
Paper 1037-bThe Politics of Romance: The Political Activity of King Mark in His Conflict with Tristan in the Roman de Tristan en Prose
(Language: English)
Lydia Hayes, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
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.