IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1326: How to Pretend Empire, or: Putting a Brave Face on It
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Universität Wien |
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Organiser: | Herwig Weigl, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung / Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien |
Moderator/Chair: | Graham A. Loud, School of History, University of Leeds |
Paper 1326-a | By Our Royal Authority We Firmly Command: Really? - A Look behind the Assertion of Royal Authority in Carolingian Diplomas (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1326-b | The Empress Matilda Puts a Brave Face on It (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Paper 1326-c | Brave Face Versus Clever Brain: The Habsburg Would-Be King Frederick the Fair and His Opponent Louis of Bavaria (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The session will present a series of attempts to pretend rulership, with special focus on the ways how this was tried or failure covered up, especially with the help of charters. The real powers behind grand charters issued by Carolingian rulers, Empress Matilda and her ways to assert queenship in England, and the attempts of Austrian Duke Frederick (the Fair) to gain the Empire against Louis of Bavaria will be discussed. |