IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1215: Boundary Un/Making in the Medieval Mediterranean, I: Communication
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Society for the Medieval Mediterranean |
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Organiser: | Jan Vandeburie, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester |
Moderator/Chair: | Andrew Marsham, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge |
Paper 1215-a | Between Muslim Elite and Jewish Separatedness: Scribal Practice in the Cairo Genizah (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Semitic, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1215-b | From the Court in Cairo to the Kingdoms of the 'Franks': Sovereignty, Order, and World-Making in 15th-Century Egyptian Chronicles (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Semitic, Political Thought |
Paper 1215-c | Breaking Boundaries: Emotions and Political Communication in Medieval Iberia (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Politics and Diplomacy, Rhetoric |
Abstract | While the Mediterranean Sea in itself formed the boundary between religions as well as political territories, the medieval Mediterranean was also a highly connected space where different cultures and religions interacted. Both conflict and interaction made the religious and political boundaries in the regions bordering the Mediterranean subject to constant tension and were thus, more often than not, of a fluid nature. Using the opportunity of this year’s thematic strand 'Borders', these sessions organised by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean bring together papers showing different perspectives on the ways in which political, religious, and social boundaries were crossed. |