IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1210: The Crusades in France, Occitania, and Norman Italy: Roots, Impact, and Cultural Significance
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Project 'Crusades in France & Occitania' |
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| Organiser: | Thomas Lecaque, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Moderator/Chair: | Simon Thomas Parsons, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Paper 1210-a | Hugh of Troyes and the Impact of the First Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Crusades, Lay Piety, Mentalities |
| Paper 1210-b | Some Thoughts and Reflections about a Missed Opportunity: Norman Italy and the Holy Land, 11th-12th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Lay Piety, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1210-c | Robert of Bellême, Rotrou of Perche, and Norman Participation on the First Crusade: New Evidence from the Old French Tradition (Language: English) |
| Abstract | This session, organized and co-ordinated by the international project 'The Crusades in France and Occitania' (cfoproject.org), seeks to explore the roots, origin, and impact of the crusading movement in the French and Occitanian worlds, broadly considered. These approaches characterize a new understanding of the direction in crusading studies, now ascendant, which moves away from isolated case studies of the importance of the crusade solely from a 'crusading/crusader states' perspective to consider these expeditions, movements, and preaching events in medieval European geopolitical and cultural context. In keeping with this year’s theme of 'food', these three papers are focused on how the crusading movement was 'fed' by traditions of participation in elite culture. |