IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 1206: Dynasty and Court Culture in Byzantium and the Near East, IV: Court Texts

Sponsor:	Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University
Organiser:	Ewan Short, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Moderator/Chair:	Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Paper 1206-a	A Tale of Two Palaces: The Courts of Arcadius and Honorius in the Works of Claudian (Language: English) Martijn Icks, Geschiedenis Department, Universiteit van Amsterdam Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought
Paper 1206-b	Parent-Child Relationships in Komnenian Court Culture (Language: English) Margaret E. Mullett, Department of Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Rhetoric, Social History
Paper 1206-c	Saint Meets Emperor: Characterisation in Imperial Encounters in Italo-Greek Hagiography (Language: English) Emma Huig, Vakgroep Letterkunde, Universiteit Gent Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Rhetoric
Abstract	This session is part of a four session strand on Dynasty and Court Culture in Byzantium and the Near East. This session focuses on court texts. Martijn Icks examines the late antique courts of Arcadius and Honorius through the works of Claudian. Margaret Mullet considers Byzantine advice literature through the example of the Muses of Alexios I Komnenos, analysing parent-child relationships. Emma Huig focuses on court poetry of the 12th century.