IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 118: A World of Empires, I: Claiming Imperial Authority
Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Cluster of Excellence 'Asia & Europe in a Global Context', Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
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| Organisers: | Chris Jones, Department of History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch Christoph Mauntel, Historisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Klaus P. Oschema, Historisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Georg Jostkleigrewe, Institut für Frühmittelalterforschung, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| Paper 118-a | An English Emperor?: Englishmen Conquer the Empire in the Anglo-Norman Romance of Waldef (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Political Thought |
| Paper 118-b | Imperial Rule in Medieval Spain – Christian and Islamic Contexts (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 118-c | Imperial Ambitions?: Empire in Later Capetian Thought (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought |
| Abstract | When medievalists use the term 'empire', they refer primarily to the Roman Empire and its successor states such as the Holy Roman Empire. Yet beyond this Rome-centred tradition, the concept of 'empire' was applied in other contexts in the medieval West. This strand will analyse the plurality of imperial concepts. Firstly, we will focus on the appropriation of imperial attributes, exploring conceptions that were developed beyond the German-Roman Empire and considering how extensive alternative claims to 'imperial' superiority could be. Secondly, we will examine the way in which imperial attributes were ascribed to those beyond western Christendom's borders by Europeans. |