IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1218: Transformations of Power: Sessions in Honour of Paul Fouracre, IV - Beyond Francia
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Manchester |
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Organisers: | Katherine Fliegel, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester Ryan T. Goodman, Department of History, University of Manchester Sihong Lin, Department of History, University of Manchester |
Moderator/Chair: | Helmut Reimitz, Department of History, Princeton University |
Paper 1218-a | The Age of Charles Martel and Liutprand: Cultures of Governance in the 8th-Century West (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1218-b | The Frankish Connection: Lombard and Byzantine Involvement in Merovingian Gaul, c. 662-680 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1218-c | History and Biography in Visigothic Iberia: Byzantines, Goths and Romans (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The last of four sessions in honour of the retirement of Paul Fouracre, this session moves beyond Francia and examines the place of the Franks in the wider world of the Early Middle Ages. The papers explore the themes visible in his career, particularly the development of institutional power, in Lombardy, Byzantium, and Iberia, and the connections between those medieval polities. Christopher Heath looks at cultures of governance in the 8th century, under Liutprand, king of Lombardy, and Charles Martel. Tom Brown examines Lombard and Byzantine involvement in the West, and particularly Merovingian Gaul. Jamie Wood, expanding on Prof Fouracre's work on Merovingian hagiography, traces interaction between the Iberian peninsula and Byzantium in the Visigothic period through biographies of bishops. |