IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 526: Emissaries, Enemies, and Exemptions: Exploring Political and Diplomatic Borders in the Middle Ages
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
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| Organiser: | Rebecca A. C. Rist, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
| Moderator/Chair: | Agata Zielinska, Department of History, University College London |
| Paper 526-a | At the Frontier: William of Modena as a Papal Legate in 13th-Century Livonia (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Pagan Religions, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 526-b | Ally or Enemy?: The Fluctuating Dynamics of Latin Christian-Mongol Relations in the Holy Land, 1220-1291 (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Paper 526-c | 'Un-Mapping Exemption': Are Space and Its Borders Really Important in the Study of Medieval Exemptions? (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This panel will examine diverse ways in which borders were defined in the Middle Ages. Paper -a will explore the role of papal emissaries in defining jurisdictional powers on the borders of Christian Europe, using the legate William of Modena as a case study. Paper -b will discuss the role of the Dominican Order in forging diplomatic relations between Mongols and Latin Christians and alliances against Muslims in the Holy Land. Paper -c will analyse the role of the practice of exemption and the relationship between exemption, space, and borders though the medium of English court roles and monastic chronicles. |