IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 342: Fame: Patrons and Memories in Byzantium, III
Monday 2 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
| 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: | Daniel K. Reynolds, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
| Paper 342-a | Discreet Patrons: Hints of Komnenian Propaganda in the Continuation of Skylitzes (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 342-b | Pulcheria: A 5th-Century Role Model for the 9th Century? (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Numismatics |
| Paper 342-c | Consigned to the Flames of Oblivion: The Fate of Fire Temples in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Byzantine Studies, Social History |
| 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 of the patrons' agency is key to memory (re)formation of the Byzantine past. |