IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1140: Memories of Clovis
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Birgit Kynast, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Dominik Waßenhoven, Facheinheit Geschichte, Universität Bayreuth |
| Paper 1140-a | Rex Francorum: Clovis and the Charisma of Merovingian Kings (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Political Thought |
| Paper 1140-b | Clovis: King, Consul, or Even Emperor? (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought |
| Paper 1140-c | Sicamber, Constantine, Silvester?: The Baptism of Clovis (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought |
| Abstract | Medieval historiography remembered Clovis as founder of the Frankish kingdom; he also was a reference for early medieval kingship in modern research. The session will take a fresh look at some of the main features, often discussed as primordial events during the rule of Clovis, or characteristic elements with special meaning for medieval kingship: his baptism in Reims, the, in a sense, obscure appointment as consul by the East-Roman emperor, and the personal features of his rule that have been a main reference for the influential modern concept of charismatic rulership. |