IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 242: Fame: Patrons and Memories in Byzantium, II
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Francisco Lopez-Santos Kornberger, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, Department of Classics, Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Birmingham Jessica Varsallona, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Francesca Dell'Acqua, Dipartimento di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale, Università degli Studi di Salerno |
| Paper 242-a | Remembering Constantinople in Middle English Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 242-b | Cap in Hand: The Church of Jerusalem and the Pre-Crusader West (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 242-c | Short Memory?: The Use of Stucco Spolia in Late Byzantine Buildings of Mistra and the Epiros (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Byzantine Studies |
| Abstract | The evocation of the past in Byzantium, far from being restricted to a purely individual sphere, constitutes a collective process. It was used by groups of individuals to shape their identities, explain the current state of affairs, and legitimise future policies. When memories from the past are evoked, ongoing narratives, symbols, and conventions are reshaped and acquire new meanings, often as a way to legitimise a vision of the world and to make a point about the present. The aim of this panel is to explore, through a multidisciplinary approach, how Byzantines perceived, transmitted, and used the past. The extent to the patrons' agency is key to memory (re)formation of the Byzantine past. |