IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1632: Imperium Mundi: Designing Empires, II

Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Department of History of Art, University of York
Organiser:	Jane Hawkes, Department of History of Art, University of York
Moderator/Chair:	Jane Hawkes, Department of History of Art, University of York
Paper 1632-a	Waterways and White Gold: Exploring the Empire of Trade Routes and Workshops that Provided Britain and Ireland with Ivory (Language: English) Lyndsey Smith, Department of History of Art, University of York Index terms: Archaeology - General, Art History - General, Economics - Trade
Paper 1632-b	The Fiercest of Kings: Warriors at the Edge of Empire (Language: English) Heidi Stoner, Department of History of Art, University of York Index terms: Archaeology - General, Art History - General, Language and Literature - Old English, Political Thought
Paper 1632-c	The Proskynesis on the Panel from Split (Language: English) Magdalena Skoblar, British School, Athens Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life
Abstract	This is the second session in a series investigating the 'Empires' structuring the medieval Christian world. The Universality of Empires is undisputed, from the permeating legacy of Imperial Rome, to the court of the Byzantine East, to the institutional powerhouse of the Papacy. This session explores the earthly empires caught between the two polar Kingdoms of heaven and hell, which each promised eschatological dominion over the earth. These papers explore the networks, identities, and material cultures produced by these earthly Kings and Emperors, holding court and constructing kingdoms in the face of a macrocosmic empire overshadowing their earthly rule.