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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 225: Memory and Uses of Empire in the Middle Ages

Monday 7 July 2014, 14.15-15.45

Moderator/Chair:Sarah M. Hamilton, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter
Paper 225-aSt Eucharius and Medieval Trier: The Expansion of the Christian Empire in Music
(Language: English)
Danette Brink, Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Regensburg
Index terms: Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music
Paper 225-bReconciling the Imperial Past and Present in Italian Monastic Texts
(Language: English)
Lari Ahokas, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture & Art Studies, University of Helsinki
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism
Abstract

Paper -a:
St Eucharius, founding bishop of the Christian Church in Trier, the oldest German Episcopal see. Part of his legend, is the legend of the Staff of St Peter, this plays an important role in the Office composed for St Eucharius, of which the earliest known source dates back to 1008. This paper considers the form and content of the Latin texts and how the texts insinuate that the founding of the Christina Church in Trier (3rd century) was an expansion of the Christian Empire north of the Alps. The paper also situates the melodies in the chronology of office composition.

Paper -b:
The Frankish conquest of Italy and restoration of the Roman empire created the problem of reconciling the imperial past with the imperial present, above all for institutions dependent on the imperial sponsorship such as the religious houses. In this paper I will examine some of the ways this was achieved in texts produced in Italian religious houses.