IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1107: A Century of Capetian Greatness, 1214-1314?, II: The Capetians and the Empire: Rivalry and Emulation
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Lindy Grant, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Daniel Power, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research (MEMO), Swansea University |
| Paper 1107-a | Blanche of Castile and the Empress of Constantinople (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1107-b | Les derniers Capetiens, Lyon et l'empire: l'enjeu d'une captation (Language: Français) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1107-c | The Abbey of Moncel: Promoting Capetian Sanctity (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Painting, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | By the early 13thc, the Capetians were becoming increasingly aware of the fact that they, like the Western Emperors, were the descendants and the modern representatives of Charlemagne. By the later 13th century, the Capetian king Louis IX, St Louis, outshone the Emperor in prestige, and had become the ruler whom other kings might turn to for advice and arbitration as once they might have turned to the Emperors. This session will explore the relationship between the Capetians and the Emperors over the long 13th century, in particular focussing on the way that the Capetians used their reputation for piety and the defence of the church to assume the leadership of European political culture. |