IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1127: Politics and Texts in Late Carolingian Europe, II
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter / St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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| Organiser: | Levi Roach, Department of History, University of Exeter |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ross Balzaretti, Institute for Medieval Research, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 1127-a | Between regnum and imperium: Political Action and Kingship of Berengar I, 888-924, in the Gesta Berengarii (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1127-b | Political Language and Practice in the Diplomas of Emperor Guy of Spoleto, 891-894 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1127-c | Imperial Blood: Liutprand of Cremona and the Carolingian Descent of King Adalbert of Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | In recent years, there has been substantial re-evaluation of traditional methodological approaches to medieval texts, from narrative histories to documentary sources. Historians have increasingly taken stock of the interdependence of textual aspects such as audience, reception, dissemination, authorial agenda and the relationships between cultural and political elites. This reappraisal has inspired renewed interest in earlier Carolingian political history. However, the so-called 'post-Carolingian' world of the 10th century has yet to be thoroughly investigated on the same terms. How did texts produced in the late 9th- and 10th-century political climate differ from those of the preceding century? Is it possible to refashion the traditional political narrative of late Carolingian fragmentation and decline by reassessing the foundations on which this very narrative has been constructed? Our intention is to draw together recent work on the theme of political discourse in the written sources of this period. |