IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1119: Renovatio in the East Roman and Byzantine World, I: Renovatio at the Centre and at the Periphery
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Byzantine Society, University of Oxford |
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Organiser: | Andrew Mackenzie Small, Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
Moderator/Chair: | Andrew Mackenzie Small, Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
Paper 1119-a | Reconquering Lost Africa: 'Renovatio et africanae gentes fideles' (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1119-b | The Pragmatic Renewal of Ecumenical Claims and of Relations with the West under Manuel I Komnenos (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1119-c | Justinian's Ecclesiastical Law (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Canon Law, Law, Theology |
Paper 1119-d | Translation and Adoption of Greek-Roman Law in the Slav-Byzantine Empires (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Slavic, Law |
Abstract | A blurred program of reform presented as renewal, renovatio was an extremely important concept for the Classical Roman Empire, and remained so for the entire history of its eastern continuation. As emperors sought to establish their legitimacy through issuing law codes, building programs, and reconquering lost lands, both the reality and the rhetoric of renovatio had a fundamental impact on the Byzantine view of themselves and their state. Evidence of these programs for restoration resonates today throughout surviving texts, coins, and art and architecture, strongly influencing our historiographical reconstructions. |