IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1042: The Other Power: The Power of the Others - An Attempt to Re-Theorize the Rulership in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500, I
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Institut d'Histoire, Université du Luxembourg, Belval |
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| Organisers: | Éloïse Adde, Institut d'Histoire, Université du Luxembourg, Belval Anna Jagošová, Institut d'Histoire, Université du Luxembourg, Belval |
| Moderator/Chair: | Éloïse Adde, Institut d'Histoire, Université du Luxembourg, Belval |
| Paper 1042-a | The Officials of the Angevin Kings: Career Mobility and the Reception of 'Foreign Government' (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Local History |
| Paper 1042-b | A Foreign King in Bohemia: The Political Communication between John the Blind and the Bohemian Nobility, 1310-1318 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1042-c | Shared Rule or Separate Households?: Political and Administrative Vocabulary in the Charters of the Ruler's Consorts and Queens from the House of Luxemburg - From Margaret of Brabant to Elisabeth of Luxemburg (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Contrary to the image produced by the medieval administration and later historiography, the ruler was never only the King of a given country but cumulated also several additional titles and functions related either to his inherited dynastic possessions or to his political dignity. How did he deal with the superposition of this several powers from diverse origins and natures? How did he consider his own action? How was he perceived by the subjects under his authority? Which tools and personal did he have at his deposal to administrate the territories related to these titles? The distinction and delimitation of the powers and tasks were not clear at this period, so that competences related to these several titles and functions could get mixed up. Knowingly used or not, such a confusion was problematic but could also be profitable to the ruler as to the subjects according to the situation and context. The case of the Roman Holy Empire is obviously an 'ideal-type' for such a study and will be the subject of the first part of the meeting. The second part will be devoted to a comparison with other European political entities to get a more precise and qualified view of the subject and to map the phenomenon in its diversity. |