IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1026: A Mediterranean Borderland: Rethinking Southern Italy, I
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Department of History, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Richmond, Virginia / Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Manchester |
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| Organisers: | Joanna H. Drell, Department of History, University of Richmond, Virginia Paul Oldfield, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Joanna H. Drell, Department of History, University of Richmond, Virginia |
| Paper 1026-a | Crucible of Faith: Fitna in the Writings of Ibn Jubayr (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Paper 1026-b | Bellum Civile: Urban Strife and Conflict Management in Early 12th-Century Benevento (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Social History |
| Paper 1026-c | Rethinking the Muslim Presence in Medieval Southern Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Social History |
| Abstract | This is the first of a set of three panels and a round table which aims to rethink aspects of the conventional paradigm which has considered medieval Southern Italy as a borderland, situated on a periphery. Together, the speakers (at times explicitly, at times implicitly) explore some of the many broader 'realms' and transitions within which the region, particularly in its 'Norman' period, participated. These include the secular and monastic Church, aristocratic networks, the papacy, Islam, crusading, urbanization, and historical writing. These sessions also are informed by, and celebrate, the seminal contribution to the field made by Professor Graham A. Loud. |