| Paper 1146-a | International Relations, Careers, and Migrations of the Borderland Inhabitants: A Prosopographical Study of Flemish Knights, 11th-13th Centuries
(Language: English)
Dawid Gołąb, Instytut Historii i Archiwistyki Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
Borderlands always offered not only the unique problems, but also the unique opportunities for their inhabitants - due to the intermediary character of the region and proximity of various foreign power centres. Proposed study aims at presenting such opportunities in the context of international relations, careers and migrations. Analyzed research group is constituted by the Flemish knights (11th-13th centuries), operating within the frames of France-German Kingdom-England 'triangle' and in the Levant (Crusaders). It will be investigated using prosopographical method, basing mainly on the charters (gathered with the 'Diplomata Belgica'). Paper would be a valuable contribution to the comparative prosopographical studies on the other borderlands and non-borderlands inhabitants' careers.
Paper -b:
Between the 1460s and 1470s, Edward IV of York consolidated his project of alliances against France and, at the same time, strengthened England's political position in the Euro-Mediterranean chessboard. In this process of building the 'Edwardian' anti-French front, Ferdinand I of Aragon represented a key partner. In the diplomatic plot that unfolded between the kingdom of Naples and that of England, the reciprocal exchange of military-chivalric orders constituted the highest beginning and affirmation. The collaboration and dialogue between the two monarchies did not end only through the sending of reciprocal embassies and shared military strategies, but also passed through the circulation and involvement of noble men, women, English and Neapolitans who went to visit their respective courts.
Paper -c:
The Emperor Frederick II's brief stay in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, 1228-29 resulted in a bitter civil war lasting from 1229 to 1242. Traditional assessments of this period have focused primarily upon the prominent Ibelin family and their opposition to imperial rule. However, a prosopographical analysis of the baronage of the Latin kingdom at this time provides a more nuanced and detailed account of the kingdom's internal politics, baronial rivalries, and conflicts over imperial rule than has previously been acknowledged. Through a study of the kingdom's baronial prosopography, this paper will reassess the centrality of Ibelin political prominence.
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