IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1115: Networks and Neighbours, II: Aspects of the Concept of the Roman Empire in the Early Middle Ages
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Networks & Neighbours Network |
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| Organisers: | Ioannis Papadopoulos, School of History, University of Leeds Catalin Taranu, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Otávio Luiz Vieira Pinto, School of History, University of Leeds / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) |
| Moderator/Chair: | Lucy Grig, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh |
| Paper 1115-a | Empire in the Anglo-Saxon Imagination (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance) |
| Paper 1115-b | The Concept of the Roman Empire in Augustine's City of God (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Theology |
| Paper 1115-c | City of God, City of Goths: The Rhetoric of Empire between Augustine of Hippo and Cassiodorus Senator (Language: English) Index terms: Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought, Theology |
| Abstract | Empire is first of all a place in the mind. In Augustine's theology, in Cassiodorus's political thought or in Anglo-Saxon legendary retellings of Roman history, the Roman Empire is explained, reinterpreted, fictionalized, and projected upon. The Empire is transformed in its turn by these texts: it is given theoretical foundations and political direction; it is even resurrected as legend of times past. This panel focuses on the complex interactions between the ideas and realities of the Empire. The three papers seek to uncover the subtle dynamics of mythical past, pragmatic present and utopian future in conceptualizing the Roman Imperium at three discreet times. |