IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 625: Power & Institutions in Medieval Islam & Christendom (PIMIC), II: Comparative Approaches to Historiography in Medieval Christendom and Islam
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Power & Institutions in Medieval Islam & Christendom (PIMIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid |
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| Organiser: | Cory Hitt, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Moderator/Chair: | Attilio Stella, Department of History, Tel Aviv University / Power & Institutions in Medieval Islam & Christendom, Spain |
| Paper 625-a | Sultan: An Islamic Political Institution in the 10th Century? (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Paper 625-b | Transmission of Social Ideals in L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Law |
| Paper 625-c | Ardashir Doesn't Live Here Any More: Persian Theory and Arabian Practice at the Early Islamic Court (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Abstract | The papers in this session will explore historiography across the Islamic and Anglo-Norman worlds. Morris argues that political and doctrinal pressures on early Islamic historiography have distorted our picture of the Umayyad royal court, obscuring its Arabian roots. Hitt will examine the transmission of social norms and ideals within L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal, a 13th-century biography of William Marshal, an exemplar knight and courtier. Kennedy will ask whether the sultan could be considered an Islamic political institution in the 10th century. These papers will consider the conclusions that can be drawn from comparatively examining historiographical sources across Islam and Christendom. |