IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 327: Elite Legitimacy on the Borders of Latin Christendom: Poland and Norway, 1000-1300, III - Struggles for Legitimation

Monday 4 July 2022, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Norway Grants Project 'Symbolic Resources & Political Structures on the Periphery: Legitimisation of the Elites in Poland & Norway, c. 1000-1300'
Organisers:	Hans Jacob Orning, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo Grzegorz Pac, Wydział Historyczny, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Moderator/Chair:	Wojtek Jezierski, Institutionen för historiska studier, Göteborgs Universitet
Paper 327-a	Struggles for Episcopal Legitimisation during the Gregorian Reform (Language: English) Jerzy Pysiak, Historical Institute, Uniwersytet Waszawski Krzysztof Skwierczyński, Wydział Nauk o Kulturze i Sztuce, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 327-b	The Tension between the Ideology and Practice of Rulership (Language: English) Zbigniew Dalewski, Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa Index terms: Local History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 327-c	Dynastic Conflicts: Civil Wars or Constant Struggles? (Language: English) Hans Jacob Orning, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo Marcin R. Pauk, Institute of Archeology & Ethnology, Polish Academy of Science, Warsazwa Index terms: Local History, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	Struggles and conflict had an ambiguous position in medieval society. On the one hand, there existed a vision of complete harmony and order - for sure positioned in the realm of Heaven, but nevertheless constituting an ideal for earthly society. On the other hand, conflict was a normal occurrence in medieval society because power was decentralized and shared among numerous power-holders. This session thematizes the tensions and contradictions between these two conceptions of conflict in three fields in high medieval Poland and Norway: Gregorian ideas, rulership practice, and dynastic conflicts.