IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1117: Auctoritas after Rome: New Approaches to 'Authority' in the Early Middle Ages, III: Byzantium and the West
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval Studies Program, Cornell University |
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| Organisers: | Samuel James Barber, Medieval Studies Program, Cornell University Mateusz Fafinski, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Sophie Alice Hemmings, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 1117-a | From the Iudex Sardiniae to the four Sardinian Iudices, 9th-13th Centuries: Critical Reflections on a Deeply Byzantine Western Island (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Canon Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 1117-b | 'Liturgification' and the Visigothic Court: Auctoritas between Iberia and Byzantium (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Numismatics, Political Thought |
| Paper 1117-c | Soft Power?: Authority and Religious Mission, 550-700 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Narratives charting the fortunes of the post-Roman West have often centred on the role played by the Eastern court as an exemplar for those of the successor kingdoms, a framework frequently articulated in terms of 'imitation' and 'emulation'. The papers in this session will interrogate the nature and extent of such connections in three diverse contexts: the Visigothic kingdom of Spain, the Byzantine duchy of Sardinia, and the early English kingdoms. By reconsidering questions of (direct and indirect) 'influence', this session will nuance existing interpretations of the role played by Byzantium in the formation of post-Roman polities. |