IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1757: Medieval Papacy, c. 500-1500, III: In Rome or at the Curia - Knowledge, Information, and Representation
Thursday 9 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Benedict Wiedemann, Department of History, University College London / Institute of Historical Research, University of London Agata Zielinska, Department of History, University College London |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Brenda M. Bolton, University of London |
| Paper 1757-a | Popes, Medical Saints, and Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum in the 7th and 8th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History |
| Paper 1757-b | Popes and Bishops: The Provinciale Romanum and 'Provincial Agency', c. 1200-1500 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Ecclesiastical History |
| Paper 1757-c | Secrets and Lies: The Politics of Information at the Curia in Avignon (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The third session of the 'Medieval Papacy, c. 500-1500' strand. The remit of these sessions is to break down traditional boundaries (for example, chronological) within the field of papal history. The papers in this session focus on the importance of knowledge and its representation to papal administration and ideology at the papal court and its environs (Rome, Avignon, etc.). Such knowledge was mediated through art, through administrative texts and through gossip and rumour. Paper-a looks at the connections between the church of Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome, its papal patrons and its magnificent artworks. Paper-b examines the 'Roman provincial' - a list of the dioceses of Christendom composed by the papacy c.1200 - and that text's subsequent reception and alteration. Paper-c focuses on the role of gossip and rumour as political currencies by examining the dissemination and tactical use of knowledge at the papal court. |