IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1604: Ambiguity of Hospitality, II: Troubled Diplomacies in Eurasian Contexts, 13th-14th Centuries
Thursday 6 July 2023, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Ambiguities of Hospitality Project / Centrum för medeltidsstudier, Stockholms universitet |
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| Organiser: | Wojtek Jezierski, Institutionen för historiska studier, Göteborgs Universitet |
| Moderator/Chair: | Tim Geelhaar, Historisches Seminar, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
| Respondent: | Lars Kjær, Department of History, New College of the Humanities, London |
| Paper 1604-a | Honourable Guest or Dangerous Spy?: Contradictions of Diplomatic Hospitality in Late Medieval Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1604-b | Koryo and the Mongol Yuan Empire: Merged in Some Areas Yet Separated in Others (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Historiography - Medieval, Maritime and Naval Studies |
| Paper 1604-c | The Rhetoric of Silence as Part of the Romanian Diplomatic Ceremonial in the 16th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Mentalities, Rhetoric, Teaching the Middle Ages |
| Abstract | The dangers of hospitality are particularly visible through diplomatic missions in the later Middle Ages. This session focuses on how traveling diplomats and their hosts' dealt with such challenges, particularly with intercultural differences that came to light during such encounters. The 'History of Mar Yaballaha III' sheds light on how the Mongolian ambassador Rabban Sauma tried to overcome misunderstandings and potential disagreement during his embassy in the 14th century. Northern Italian cities, on the other hand, developed different approaches towards diplomatic guests by focusing mainly on maintaining the security of the city. The respondent will bring both perspectives together into a broader discussion about ambiguities of hospitality. |