IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 712: Medieval Palace-Cities in Japan, Europe, and the Middle East, II: Palaces as Cities
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 14.15-15.45
| 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: | Morgan Pitelka, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Paper 712-a | A New Jerusalem as a Focus of Power: Aachen (Germany) in the Time of Charlemagne (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Architecture - Secular, Art History - General |
| Paper 712-b | Scientists as Designers?: Caliphal Cities and the Islamic Scientific Revolution (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Secular, Science |
| 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 extent to which palace-complexes constituted a sort of city in their own right, in terms of their layout, fortifications, buildings, decoration, and characteristic features; and what the motivation for developments of this kind might be. |