IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1106: Petition and Response in the Late Antique West, II
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Eric Fournier, Department of History, West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Shane Bjornlie, Department of History, Princeton University |
| Respondent: | Caroline Humfress, School of History, University of St Andrews |
| Paper 1106-a | Petitions and Responses in the Ostrogothic Kingdom: Reconsidering Initiative and Passivity (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law |
| Paper 1106-b | 'Insalubrious Waters': Accusations of Corrupted Water Supply as Petition in Post-Roman Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law |
| Abstract | Fergus Millar and Malcolm Errington have argued that the Roman Empire was a reacting government that essentially responded to specific demands and petitions, and that their responses were often dictated by local conditions. The Millar-Errington model did not, however, consider the period beyond the reign of Theodosius (379-395 CE). In order to analyze the continuity of this petition and response model as a method of government in the post-Roman successor kingdoms of the late antique West, this session (in two parts, assembling 5 presenters and 1 respondent) assembles case studies from the late Roman legal perspective, as well as the Burgundian, Ostrogothic, and Vandal kingdoms. |