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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 1018: Medieval Papacy, c. 500-1500, I: The Early Middle Ages

Wednesday 7 July 2021, 09.00-10.30

Organisers:Benedict Wiedemann, Department of History, University College London / Institute of Historical Research, University of London
Agata Zielinska, Department of History, University College London
Moderator/Chair:Agata Zielinska, Department of History, University College London
Paper 1018-aBishops on the Frontier: Popes and Patriarchs in the Empire of New Rome, 550-680
(Language: English)
Sihong Lin, School of History, University College Dublin
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 1018-bHermits of St Romuald of Ravenna and the Papal Prerogatives in the Early 11th Century
(Language: English)
Grzegorz Pac, WydziaƂ Historyczny, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life
Paper 1018-cThe First and Second Ages of Papal Decretals
(Language: English)
David L. D'Avray, Department of History, University College London
Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History
Abstract

The first of a series of sessions on the 'Medieval Papacy, c.500-1500'. This session looks at the early medieval papacy. Paper-a suggests that the 6th- and 7th-century papacy's entanglements in Eastern diplomacy and military administration were not innovations, but rather what was expected for an imperial patriarchate situated on the frontier. Paper-b examines the relationship between the hermits of St Romuald of Ravenna and the papacy in the early 11th century, and the exalted position afforded to the popes. Paper -c examines the first and second epochs of papal decretals - letters dispatched by popes answering various points of law.