IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1043: Borders that Bind, I: Power and Peripheries in the Later Medieval Holy Roman Empire
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Regesta Imperii |
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| Organisers: | Duncan Hardy, Jesus College, University of Oxford Ben Pope, John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester Lisa Rolston, Department of History University of Canterbury Christchurch |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ben Pope, John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester |
| Paper 1043-a | Nothing but Letters?: Effects and Effectiveness of Increased Written Communication in the Reign of Emperor Frederick III, 1440-1493 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1043-b | Breaching Borders: Late Medieval Responses Regarding Threats to Territorial Sovereignty (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The Holy Roman Empire of the later Middle Ages witnessed a proliferation of borders and boundaries, as delimited and sometimes enclosed communities and institutions combined and coexisted with highly decentralized and fragmented political authority. But many of these boundaries went hand-in-hand with intensified 'cross-border' connections. This session will explore connections between the imperial centre and its periphery, and between cities and towns in peripheral regions of the Empire. It focuses on how power was both exercised and understood as a result of these cross-border connections. |