IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 328: Orders at Borders: Mendicants and Border Societies in Medieval Europe
Monday 4 July 2022, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Robert Friedrich, German Historical Institute, Paris |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Sandra Schieweck, Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften (ZEGK), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Paper 328-a | Between Borders and Frontiers: Friars in the Iberian Peninsula (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 328-b | Organising Society / Representing Kingship: The Mendicants and the Aragonese Conquest of Sardinia, c. 1320-1340 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 328-c | Political Consequences of Dominican Foundations in the Border Area of Polonia and Teutonia (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 328-d | Friars on the Borders of the Far North: The Mendicants and Their Provinces of Dacia (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
| Abstract | The provinces of the Mendicant Orders proposed a radical new way of organising space in medieval Europe that differed considerably from the former political and ecclesiastical borders. The session explores how these conflicting borders influenced political decision-making both within the order and in relation to secular rulers. Two of the proposed case studies use the Iberian Peninsula as an example of friars in a Mediterranean border context. The third moves to Central Europe at the border of the provinces of Polonia and Teutonia whereas the last one goes further north to the Scandinavian peninsula. This wide geographical range allows an analysis in a comparative European perspective. |