IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 613: Boundaries of Acceptability: Physical, Moral, and Political Corruption in the Middle Ages, II
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Jack Newman, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS), University of Kent |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Kathleen Neal, Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Monash University, Victoria |
| Paper 613-a | 'Civitas sancta Ierusalem adversus Babilonicam rabiem': Fighting Heresy and Pravity in the De preeminentia spiritualis Imperii by Opicinus de Canistris, 1329 (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 613-b | Corruption and Tyranny in 14th-Century Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Political Thought |
| Paper 613-c | Accountability as Healthscaping Policy: Combating Corruption in Medieval Hospitals in the Mediterranean West, 1181-1311 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Medicine |
| Abstract | Corruption is an act which attracts shame and outrage. The narrow contemporary legalistic conception of corruption as simply an abuse of public office for private gain would not be clearly recognisable in the Middle Ages. Corruption in this period is best viewed as a physical or moral decay from a perceived ideal. Few medievalists have explored corruption as a concept. These panels bring together a diverse group of scholars who focus upon corruption from a range of perspectives. They explore political, physical, or moral corruption, scapegoating, and pollution. |