IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1524: Prophecy and Empire, III

Thursday 10 July 2014, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol
Organiser:	Anke Holdenried, Department of History, University of Bristol
Moderator/Chair:	Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen
Paper 1524-a	Papal Monarchy and Joachite Apocalypticism (Language: English) Brett E. Whalen, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought
Paper 1524-b	Joachim of Fiore's De prophetia ignota: A Counter-Narrative to the Legend of the Last Emperor (Language: English) Matthias Riedl, Center for Religious Studies / Department of History, Central European University, Budapest Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought
Paper 1524-c	The Role of Kings, Emperors, and Popes during the Great Schism in Prophetic Texts (Language: English) Petra Waffner, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought
Abstract	The aim of these sessions is to investigate how imperial and prophetic traditions interlinked in the medieval period (c. 500-1500). Topics include: • Classical and Christian prophecy/empire • Non-European traditions of 'prophecy' and 'empire' • Emperors/rulers as sponsors of prophecy • The medieval legend of the Last Emperor: its development and adaptation to various contexts throughout Christendom, East and West • 'Informal' empires: how Latin and vernacular texts use prophecy to construct rulership and to comment on the aspirations of specific rulers or dynasties • Non-biblical traditions of prognostication, for example astrological predictions concerning the fate of different medieval realms and that of their enemies • The interdependency of 'prophecy' and 'empire' in medieval visual and material culture • Approaches to 'Prophecy and Empire' in modern historiography