IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1518: Rivers in the Middle Ages: Borders, Highways, and Networks
Thursday 9 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Organisers: | Daniel Brown, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln Stefanie Schild, Independent Scholar, Hilden |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Katherine Weikert, Department of Archaeology / Department of History, University of Winchester |
| Paper 1518-a | Henry IV and the Rivers (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1518-b | The Castle over the River: Articulation of Territory, River Valleys, and Castles in the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula, 9th-12th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1518-c | The River Nemunas (Memele) in the 14th Century: Changes of War and State Strategy of the Teutonic Order (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Rivers often became landmarks of history. They often formed borders or had a decisive role in the strategic planning of rulers. The first paper argues that access to the Elbe watershed stood at the beginning of the crisis which threatened Henry IV's reign. The second paper will examine the link between castles and rivers as borders in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The third paper deals with the role of the river Memel as a military border in the war between the Teutonic order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |