IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1126: A Mediterranean Borderland: Rethinking Southern Italy, II
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
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: | Amy Devenney, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1126-a | William of Montevergine, 1085-1142: The Integration of a Foreigner into the Kingdom's Communities and the Production of Norman Cultural Memory (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Monasticism |
Paper 1126-b | The Foundation of St Euphemia in Calabria: A 'Norman' Church in Southern Italy? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
Paper 1126-c | The Battle against Simony in Norman Italy: Perceptions, Interpretations, Measures, and Consequences (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval |
Abstract | This is the second 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. |