IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 718: Living in the Carolingian World, III: Testing the Limits of the Carolingian World
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Noah Blan, Department of History, University of Michigan Valerie Garver, Department of History, Northern Illinois University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Thomas Greene, Department of History, Loyola University Chicago |
| Respondent: | Carine van Rhijn, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 718-a | Living in the Carolingian World during the Viking Invasions (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Law |
| Paper 718-b | Imagining a Post-Political Carolingian Afterlife (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities, Religious Life, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | The Carolingian World did not map onto fixed spaces or temporalities so much as it reflected the reach and ambitions of its rulers and thinkers who imagined their unique place in history and the world. Constructions of the Carolingian World tend to rest on a projection of the empire at its height. But what happened when rhetoric no longer matched reality? Was there a Carolingian 'otherworld' after death? These papers will explore how inhabitants of the Carolingian realms experienced disruptions to the expectations of Carolingian religious and secular leaders. A concluding response will question the utility of the historical frame of the Carolingian World. |