IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1318: Writing Letters in Climates of Conflict during Late Antiquity
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Daniel Knox, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Danuta Shanzer, Institut für Klassische Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein, Universität Wien |
| Paper 1318-a | Μηδὲν ἀποδεῖν ἀραχνίου: Basil of Caesarea, Bishop between State and Church (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
| Paper 1318-b | A Bishop in Unstable Times: Conflict in the Letters of Sidonius Apollinaris (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
| Paper 1318-c | Ennodius of Pavia's Letters during the Laurentian Schism, 498-503 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
| Abstract | From the 4th to 6th centuries, letters were written, collected, and circulated in a wide variety of social, religious, and political contexts that reflected the shift from a monolithic state-structure to a plurality of independent and dependent polities. A constant theme for writers such as Basil of Caesarea, Sidonius Apollinaris, and Ennodius of Pavia was conflict. Conflicts both affected the personal circumstances of writers - who often acted as brokers in conflicts, and provided a fertile field for rhetorical embellishment in letters. This session will explore the wide range of late-antique letter writers and the conflicts that shaped their work. |