The Medieval Mediterranean: Central and Peripheral Authority in the Medieval Mediterranean

You are invited to the next event, which is part of the 4th research webinar series of The Medieval Mediterranean: Local and Global Perspectives, co-organised by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, the Woolf Institute (Cambridge), the IMF-CSIC (Barcelona), the The Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Ghent, and the Medieval Studies groups at the Universities of Exeter, Edinburgh, Liege and Lincoln:

Monday 10 February at 5pm (GMT):

Central and Peripheral Authority in the Medieval Mediterranean

Our panelists are:
Prof. Damian Smith (St Louis University) – ‘The Aragonese Noble Revolt (1226-7) and Royal Authority’
Dr Philippa Byrne (Trinity College, Dublin) – ‘The View form Palermo and Other Views: Centre and Periphery in Norman Sicily’
Nathan Websdale (Wolfson College, Oxford) – ‘Rebuilding Rome, yet Unbecoming Roman: Epiros and the Fragmentation of Byzantium after 1204’

Abstract:

The Mediterranean was a fertile ground for empire from classical antiquity until well into the modern period. However, the articulation of central authority could often be challenged by powerful forces in the peripheries. This webinar will explore the varied expressions of power in the heart and at the fringes of medieval Mediterranean polities. Our three speakers will discuss the tensions between province and metropole in their case studies, offering an opportunity for us to compare the ways in which these kingdoms and empires reconciled (or failed to reconcile) centrifugal political impulses.

Click here (https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3FbF9eAJQFKNjI_u4-ivzw#/registration) to register for this webinar.

All welcome!

Best wishes,

Antonella

Story submitted by Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo
aliuzzoscorpo@lincoln.ac.uk