IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 733: Clerical Networks and Royal Diplomacy in the Capetian World
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading / Episcopus: Society for the Study of Bishops & Secular Clergy in the Middle Ages |
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| Organisers: | Mark Hewett, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading Cheryl Midson, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
| Moderator/Chair: | Lindy Grant, Department of History, University of Reading |
| Paper 733-a | Ivonian Influence on the French Episcopate in the Later Reign of King Philip I of France, 1060-1108 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 733-b | Irish, Capetian, or Plantagenet?: The Canonisation of St Laurence of Dublin (St Laurent d'Eu) and Its Royal and Clerical Diplomacy, 1180-1227 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 733-c | Envoys, Confessors, and Spies: The Dominican Order and the Crusades of Louis IX (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This panel aims to examine the varied ways in which different clerical networks influenced and impacted the diplomatic and political objectives of the Capetian kings. The papers look at connections between secular and ecclesiastical power and how clerical networks could be embroiled in royal politics both inside and outside of Capetian France, including relations between king and papacy. |