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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 117: Ruling, Administering, and Maintaining a Composite Empire: Emperor and King Sigismund of Luxemburg, 1368-1437, I - Expectations, Images, and Realities of Rule

Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung & Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien / Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Organisers:Alexandra Kaar, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung / Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien
Suzana Miljan, Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Moderator/Chair:Suzana Miljan, Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Paper 117-aHungary as Empire, Commonwealth, and Composite Monarchy in the Age of Sigismund and Beyond
(Language: English)
Martyn Rady, School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College London
Index terms: Law, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 117-bPrinces in Attempts of Creating an Empire: Sigismund of Luxemburg and Ladislas of Naples
(Language: English)
Damir Karbić, Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb
Index terms: Military History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 117-cKing Sigismund of Luxemburg's Promotion of St Sigismund of Burgundy's Cult and Its Artistic Expression in Late Medieval Hungary
(Language: English)
Dragoş Gheorghe Năstăsoiu, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Index terms: Hagiography
Abstract

The session is the first one of six sessions dealing with the various aspects of the rule of Emperor and King Sigismund of Luxemburg. The main emphasis is put on the ideological and theoretical issues aimed on creating a positive image of a ruler (Roman heritage, law-giver, and supporter of different legal systems, peace-maker and protector of the Church, propagator of the cult of saints). All the elements were required in order to obtain and keep the rule over an Empire composed of different and very specific kingdoms and units.