IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1226: A Mediterranean Borderland: Rethinking Southern Italy, III
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| 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: | Paul Oldfield, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Paper 1226-a | The Kingdom of Sicily and Saladin's Egypt, 1174-1178 (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Military History |
| Paper 1226-b | Revival or Innovation?: Thinking about History in Norman Sicily and the Wider World (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
| Paper 1226-c | A Forgotten Neighbour of St Benedict?: Montecassino and the Transformation of Medieval Sardinia (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
| Abstract | This is the third 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. |