IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 519: Borders that Bind, I: Power and Peripheries in the Later Medieval Holy Roman Empire
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Regesta Imperii, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz |
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| Organisers: | Duncan Hardy, Jesus College, University of Oxford Ben Pope, John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester Lisa Rolston, Department of History University of Canterbury Christchurch |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ben Pope, John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester |
| Paper 519-a | Nothing but Letters?: Effects and Effectiveness of Increased Written Communication in the Reign of Emperor Frederick III, 1440-1493 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 519-b | Breaching Borders: Late Medieval Responses Regarding Threats to Territorial Sovereignty (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 519-c | The Old and Great Confederacy of Upper German Lands: Swiss Identity within the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The Holy Roman Empire of the later Middle Ages witnessed a proliferation of borders and boundaries, as delimited and sometimes enclosed communities and institutions combined and coexisted with highly decentralized and fragmented political authority. But many of these boundaries went hand-in-hand with intensified 'cross-border' connections. This session will explore connections between the imperial centre and its periphery, and between cities and towns in peripheral regions of the Empire. It focuses on how power was both exercised and understood as a result of these cross-border connections. |