IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1624: Prophecy and Empire, IV
Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol |
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Organiser: | Anke Holdenried, Department of History, University of Bristol |
Moderator/Chair: | Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen |
Paper 1624-a | Sibyls, History, and Empire in 13th-Century Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought |
Paper 1624-b | 'The Lion with the Humble Roar': Astrology, Sibylline Prophecy, Empire, and the Fate of Italy in the Works of John of Legnano (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought |
Paper 1624-c | Antichrists or Last Emperors?: The Luxembourger Rulers in the Apocalyptic Prophecies (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Slavic, 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: |