IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 612: Medieval Palace-Cities in Japan, Europe, and the Middle East, I: Cities as Adjuncts to Palaces
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institute of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Durham University / Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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| Organisers: | Morgan Pitelka, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
| Moderator/Chair: | David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
| Paper 612-a | Constantinople (Turkey) and Ravenna (Italy) as Byzantine Palace-Cities (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Secular, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 612-b | Kôyasan (Japan) as an Urban Agglomerate Focused on a Religious Institution (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Architecture - Secular |
| Abstract | The overall aim of this and its two linked sessions is to explore the origins, functions, and influence of medieval palace-cities across Japan, Europe, and the Middle East, in order to identify similarities and differences. This session aims to explore the role of cities as adjuncts to palaces in particular with regard to: the creation of ceremonial ways or sequences of urban features in the city to enhance the position of the palace; the religious emphasis placed on the city to enhance the sanctity of the palace and its principal occcupants; and the extent to which palaces were divided from cities or integrated as organic parts of them. |