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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1212: Remembering Empire, I: Rome

Wednesday 9 July 2014, 14.15-15.45

Organiser:Daniel Syrbe, Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum für Kultur & Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas e.V. (GWZO), Universität Leipzig
Moderator/Chair:Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen
Paper 1212-aBishops and Emperors: (Not) Remembering Rome?
(Language: English)
Manina S. Krämer, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought
Paper 1212-bRome, Centre of the World?: Representations of Rome on Late Medieval World Maps
(Language: English)
Gerda Brunnlechner, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen
Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Political Thought
Paper 1212-c'Dedicatio, consecratio, restitutio': The Many Faces and Phases of the Mars Camulus Stone
(Language: English)
Annika Hüsing, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen
Index terms: Daily Life, Local History, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Political Thought
Abstract

This session asks how different groups during the Middle Ages re-imagined 'their' Roman past and in what way it was used in political and cultural controversies.

Abstract -a:
Rulers as penitents were not uncommon in the Middle Ages and quite often Bishops and Rulers came into conflict about it, like bishop Bernhard and Otto I. Did people in this context remember and refer to bishop Ambrose and Theodosius, the first emperor ever to do penance?

Abstract -b:
How is the changeful history of Rome during the Late Middle Ages reflected on World Maps of the time? Mapmakers assign to Rome its specific place in their views of the world, thereby betraying different perspectives according to the particular context of each map.

Abstract -c:
Roman votive offering, Christian altar, museum object - the Mars Camulus Stone, located in the small German farming community of Rindern, has worn many labels in its long history. Especially its medieval perception has left a lasting effect on the formation of village identity. This paper explores the Stone's role in rural self-awareness from the epoch of the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages to the present day.