IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 312: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective, III: (How) Diplomacy Matters
Monday 4 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | GIF-Project 'East and West in the Early Middle Ages - The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective', Freie Universität Berlin / Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva |
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| Organisers: | Pia Bockius, Geschichte der Spätantike und des frühen Mittelalters, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin Tamar Rotman, Department of General History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ian N. Wood, School of History, University of Leeds |
| Paper 312-a | The Frankish-Visigothic-Byzantine Triangle in the Late 6th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 312-b | Friendship and Diplomacy in the Merovingian Kingdoms (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 312-c | The Religious Dimensions of 6th-Century Frankish Diplomacy (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The third and final session examines the diplomatic aspect in the relations between the Merovingian kingdoms and other Mediterranean players. Anna Gehler will take a closer look at the political connections between the Franks, the Visigoths, and Byzantium in the late 6th century and examines their impact on developments within the kingdoms as well as on their dealings with each other. Hope Williard will discuss the function of the concept of amicitia in understanding the diplomatic relationship between the Merovingians and the Byzantines. In the last paper, Yaniv Fox will evaluate the role played by dogma in the Frankish effort to obtain a dominant political position, and how its diplomacy was designed to achieve this end. |