IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1717: Pastoral Power from Augustine to Louis the Pious
Thursday 8 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Jennifer Awes Freeman, Department of Art History University of Minnesota |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Andrew Romig, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University |
| Paper 1717-a | Love as a Product of Objective Practice in Augustine and Mao (Language: English) Index terms: Philosophy, Political Thought |
| Paper 1717-b | Gregory the Great and the Performance of Caritas (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought |
| Paper 1717-c | Shepherd and Lawgiver: Political Theology in the Carolingian Era (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Social History |
| Abstract | This panel proposes to probe the boundaries between imperial and pastoral power in the early medieval Latin west. All three papers contest readings of long-held views about the symbols and meanings of pastoral power. Through a reading of Augustine of Hippo's epistle 93, the first paper highlights the connection between Augustine's discourse of caritas and his performance of social and political control. The second paper turns to reflect on Gregory's Liber regulae pastoralis II and select letters that reveal a similar connection between the discourse of caritas and its performance. By drawing on a range of Carolingian imagery and poetry, the third paper will offer insights into how images of pastoral power migrated from their association with bishops and priests to imperial rhetoric. |