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 |
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Moderator/Chair: | Agata Zielinska, Department of History, University College London |
Paper 1018-a | Bishops on the Frontier: Popes and Patriarchs in the Empire of New Rome, 550-680 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History |
Paper 1018-b | Hermits of St Romuald of Ravenna and the Papal Prerogatives in the Early 11th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
Paper 1018-c | The First and Second Ages of Papal Decretals (Language: English) 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. |