tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69085793197979068172024-03-27T06:38:04.813+00:002013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century ColloquiumThe 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-29580945501885412362013-07-27T18:22:00.002+01:002013-07-27T18:22:46.370+01:00Call for papers for two sessions at Leeds IMC July 2014
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Empire between
Empires: Understanding Empire in the long seventh century*<br />
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*Session at the International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, 7-10 July 2014*<br />
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Much of the history of the seventh century is dominated by struggles between
empires; between the Sassanians and Byzantines in the earlier years and between
those two and the rising power of the Islamic caliphate later on. One of the great empires of antiquity, the
Persian, ends in this period. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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century peoples conceptualise empire in a period where it no longer had a clear
meaning? Did universal empire retain
power as a political/ideological goal?
Was the meaning of empire transformed in the period? Was empire an aspiration among peoples of the
time? Did visions of past and future
empires colour understandings of the present?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Empires: Understanding Empire in the long seventh century* proposes to examine
the ways in which seventh century peoples conceptualized Empire across cultures
and seeks to find meaningful common points as well as divergencies between the
visions of Empire in the period. This
examination will take place within the context of the 2014 IMC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The IMC, an annual conference running continuously since 1994, is the biggest
humanities event in Europe, attracting over 1800 delegates in 2013, and
provides a unique forum for sharing and comparing approaches across a wealth of
disciplines.<br />
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Responding to the 2014 theme ‘Empire’, *Empire between Empires: Understanding
Empire in the long seventh century* will offer further opportunities for
fruitful exchange between scholars working on concepts of imperialism,
ideology, apocalyptic and historiography across a broad range of languages and
cultures but within a narrow chronological period.<br />
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Proposals for papers are warmly invited from new and established researchers in
the field, and topics may include:<br />
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• Imagining empire: the idea of empire in the seventh century Latin west<br />
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• Islam and Empire: the early Islamic view of Roman and Persian empires<br />
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• Empires and the End: the idea of empire in seventh century apocalyptic<br />
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• New Empires of the Mind? The idea of empire as ideology in previously
non-imperial societies (Franks, Goths, Arabs, etc)</span></div>
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Ended? Letting go of Roman identity in
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*Session at the International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, 7-10 July 2014*<br />
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Dating the end of the Roman Empire has long been a popular parlour game. Numerous years can be proposed as date of the
‘fall’ of the empire. Yet all of these
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Empire Never Ended? Letting go of Roman
identity in the post-Imperial world* proposes to examine when and how that
rupture in thinking occurred within the framework of the IMC 2014.<br />
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The IMC, an annual conference running continuously since 1994, is the biggest
humanities event in Europe, attracting over 1800 delegates in 2013, and
provides a unique forum for sharing and comparing approaches across a wealth of
disciplines.<br />
<br />
Responding to the 2014 theme ‘Empire’, *The Empire Never Ended? Letting go of Roman identity in the
post-Imperial world* will offer further opportunities for fruitful exchange
between scholars working on concepts of identity, community, and authority throughout
the post-Roman world.<br />
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Proposals for papers are warmly invited from new and established researchers in
the field, and topics may include:<br />
<br />
• Being ‘Roman’ along the frontier: the formation of Roman ‘ethnic’ identities
in post-Roman environments<br />
<br />
• The Empire as a thing of the past: literary identification of the Roman
Empire as a historical subject in the early middle ages<br />
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• Waiting for the Restoration?
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These are only a few possible ways of looking at the question. Researchers looking at all aspects of it are
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<span lang="EN-US">Please forward and/or circulate to
anyone who might be interested. Thanks!<br />
<b><br />
Call for Papers: The Seventh Century Across Cultures</b><br />
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Panel sponsored by the Seventh Century Studies Network<br />
49th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 8-11, 2014<br />
<br />
Drawing inspiration from the recent Edinburgh Seventh Century Colloquium, this
session will attempt to bring together scholars from different disciplines
studying the seventh century in order to promote discussion and the
cross-fertilization of ideas. We will explore how wider perspectives can
be used to formulate new approaches to source material, drawing out fresh
perspectives on both the familiar and unfamiliar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The session will be an examination of
whether the seventh century can be studied as a unit across regions or whether
the period represents a break in the <i>longue durée</i>. What was the
level of discontinuity between the ‘long sixth’ and ‘long eighth’
centuries? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We invite those working in archaeology,
art history, history, literature, numismatics, and religion, as well as in
fields including Byzantine, Celtic, Classics, Islamic, and Late Antique studies
to submit 100 word abstracts for papers of approximately 20 minutes that engage
with aspects of continuity and/or discontinuity during the long seventh
century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We seek to have an interdisciplinary
panel that reflects the various ways that questions of continuity and
discontinuity can be addressed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Please send proposals and a Participant Information Form (link below) to<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="mailto:edinburgh7th@gmail.com">edinburgh7th@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> by September 1.<br />
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The Participant Information Form can be downloaded in MS Word or pdf<br />
format from<br />
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The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-28146894563946959222013-05-30T17:54:00.004+01:002013-05-30T17:54:32.848+01:00The future of the seventh century?<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear everyone,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Before discussing the future of the seventh century, I want again to extend my deepest thanks to everyone who made our colloquium so successful, to my fellow organisers and our assistants, our wearied partners and supervisors, but, especially, I want to thank all of our speakers, respondents, and interrogators. Without the amazing communications contributed by so many, the Colloquium could not have been the tremendous success that it was. Again thanks!<br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">We hope to publish a volume based on the proceedings from the colloquium. We are currently working to ensure a subvention and hope to have that finalized soon. We will be communicating individually with all our authors in the weeks ahead regarding what we will need from them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">We are also hoping that this colloquium will not be a one-off event and have already begun informal discussions regarding the 2014 Edinburgh Seventh Century Colloquium, an event that we hope will be even better. All of you, of course, will hear from us once we have some sort of details regarding that!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">We don’t, however, only want whatever comes out of this to be an exclusively Edinburgh project but something that will foster further collaboration between different universities, disciplines, nationalities, and perspectives. As a very first step, we will host a social gathering at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds on 2 July. One of our speakers, K</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">ıvılcım Yavuz (University of Leeds) has generously helped arrange this. Details can be found on facebook at:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/453087098113496/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>events/453087098113496/</a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">We will also be submitting applications for sponsored panels at the medieval congress in Kalamazoo for 2014 within a few days as well as for the 2014 IMC in Leeds. Once these are prepared, they will also be circulated to everyone on our mailing lists.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">In hopes of fostering dialogue and sharing ideas, as well as news of events relevant to our period,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> an on-line mailing list/newsgroup will be formed. (For the moment, I will serve as moderator though a volunteer for a second would be helpful.) This will serve as a forum for communication. Members will be encouraged to post cfps, publication announcements, reviews, articles, etc. as well as use it as a place to seek advice or comments, for help with translations and so on (this will be similar to the H-MEM, BYZANS, and other existent lists).<b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Similarly, the blog will be transformed from simply carrying information about the Edinburgh colloquium to being a news and announcement site. (Again, for the moment, I will continue as webmaster).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">All of this will be in aid of forming an ongoing Seventh Century Studies network. For the moment, this will be informal, but, when we meet again, we may discuss something more developed.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">If you are interested in any of these projects, please let us know!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Hopefully, this is only the beginning!<br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Gratefully,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Tom MacMaster</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">(on behalf of the entire organizing committee)</span></div>
The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-42156224564843329282013-05-22T19:48:00.001+01:002013-05-23T08:30:03.756+01:00Late registrationOur pre-registration page has closed. Fortunately, we still have a few spaces available. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to: <a href="mailto:edinburgh7th@gmail.com" target="_blank">edinburgh7th@gmail.com </a>The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-90006776048779129462013-05-19T19:22:00.004+01:002013-05-19T19:22:41.203+01:00Only 24 hours left to register!There are only twenty four hours left to <a href="http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=1059&deptid=69&catid=6" target="_blank">register for the Seventh Century Colloquium!</a><br />
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We've had an incredible response; we only have space for 15 more people.<br />
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If you want to be one of them, <a href="http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=1059&deptid=69&catid=6" target="_blank">register NOW!</a><br />
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http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=1059&deptid=69&catid=6The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-46898764851775172482013-05-01T18:49:00.003+01:002013-05-01T18:49:44.697+01:00Session 1 – Maintaining and changing identities
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1 – <i>Maintaining and changing identities</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Richard Broome</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approaches to the Frankish Community in the Chronicle
of Fredegar and Liber Historiae Francorum</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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paper will attempt to assess attitudes towards and understanding of the
early-medieval Frankish community during the seventh century by providing a
direct comparison between two important but often under-appreciated historical
texts; the so-called ‘Chronicle of Fredegar’ (c.660) and the anonymous <i>Liber
Historiae Francorum</i> (727). Building on the work of scholars such as Paul
Fouracre, Richard Gerberding and Ian Wood, the present paper will examine
several key aspects of how the two authors portrayed the community of which they
thought themselves a part. Who or what did they understand by the term
‘Franks’? For the author of LHF, this seems to have referred specifically the
Neustrians, whereas Fredegar presents a more ‘pan-Frankish’ history. What were
the origins of the community and its rulers? Both traced these origins back to
the Trojan War – unlike their historian-predecessor Gregory of Tours – but each
told a slightly different version of the story, while Fredegar also narrated
the mysterious story about Merovech’s alleged descent from the monstrous
Quinotaur. How important were kings to their respective visions of community,
and what role did they have? Both saw kings as central, but the author of LHF
portrayed a world where consensus depended on dynastic stability, while
Fredegar explored the idea of Merovingian decline and fallibility more
explicitly despite having written earlier. In order to properly contextualise
these comparisons and understand their<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a> significance it
will also be necessary to refer to the authors’ contemporary texts,
particularly seventh-century works of hagiography, but also to earlier and
later authors – Gregory of Tours in the former case, and, for example, the
early Carolingian annalists in the latter. By doing this we will be able to
provide a greater understanding of how seventh-century visions of community
compared to earlier and later visions, and whether we can talk about a ‘long
eighth century’ when examining this issue.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Roger Collins</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seventh Century in Maghreb: between the Latin Antiquity and Islamic Middle Ages</span></i><a href="" name="13e504506984b997_h.he6rcma7z2pv"></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for the Maghreb. In Europe, the Barbarian invasions opened a new era while
North of Africa was in a transition period. The Berber world had experienced
the appetite of the powers of the Mediterranean, from the Phoenicians to the
Byzantines. Cultures, languages, political tutelage shaped the land and its
people. The Vandal invasion, although very short (430 to 533) allowed the
Berber tribes to take control of the territory of the provinces and build
autonomous political entities comprising tribal, Romanized and Christianized
Africans and descendants of Roman colonists. The Byzantine reconquest found it
difficult to establish the mythologized Roman model when Muslim troops entered
from the east, destroying the structures in place before moving quickly to
cross the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Iberian Peninsula. A new tutelage
was then installed with its codes, its laws and its civilization. Thereafter,
African identity would never be the same, Islam leaving a profound mark. This
long seventh century, which could stretch from 533 (the Byzantine invasion) to
711 (when the Muslims invaded Spain), more than tipping in the medieval era, is
for the Maghreb, the basis of its current identity.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2 – <i>Landscapes and settlements in transition</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://nyu.academia.edu/mehrnoushsoroush" target="_blank">Mehrnoush Soroush</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Khuzistan after the Sasanians: Continuity, Decline, or Transformation?</span></i><br />
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and archaeologists have long sought to understand how the Muslim Conquest over
the territories ruled by the Sasanian Empire affected the socio-economic
foundations of these regions. Several scholars, building upon various sources
and proxies, have argued for decline in the agricultural heartlands of the
Sasanian Empire, including the region of Shushtar, known for its extensive
system of canals in the Sasanian period. Yet, Islamic sources inform us that
the hinterland of Shushtar was the major centre for sugar production during the
9th and 10th centuries. Since cultivation and production of sugar is highly
water demanding, it is unclear what kind of irrigation system sustained the mass
production of sugar and how such a system related to the Sasanian system of
canals and hydraulic structures. Did a new irrigation system replace the
collapsed Sasanian system or did the Sasanian system sustain and evolve,
despite the post-Sasanian political developments? This question opens a new
window into the socio-political dynamics of Khuzistan in the 7th century. This
research aims to map the relict irrigation system of Shushtar by utilizing
satellite imagery to understand the hydraulic function and dynamics of the
system through time. The paper is a report on the current work in progress that
analyses the potentials and constraints of relying on the hydraulic analysis of
archaeological remains of canals as a proxy to understand the developments of the
agricultural economy of Khuzistan in the wake of socio-political dynamics of
7th century.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eberhard Sauer, University of Edinburgh</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Paolo Forlin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The
periphery during the seventh century: the rise of a new landscape within the
core of the Alps (Valsugana, Trentino, Italy).</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Valsugana valley lies in the eastern part of Trentino region, within the core
of the Italian Alps, close to the Roman municipium of Tridentum (Trento).
Characterised by a significant number of settlements during the Roman period
and crossed by the imperial road Via Claudia Augusta, this area seems to be
involved in a radical reshaping of the cultural and natural landscape from the
end of the Late Antiquity onward.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite
a lack of the archaeological excavations, an approach based on the integrated
study of remote sensing data, palaeoenvironmental evidence, old archaeological
datasets and patterns of field systems, has shown how the 7th century
represented a turning point with the breakdown of the old landscape and the
beginning of a new cultural landscape. This new landscape resulted in the
abandonment of the Roman territorial organisation and a shift of the new
settlements from the valley bottom towards the uplands. This study has analysed
the relationship between climate and environmental change, the abandonment of
the ancient landscape and the appearance of a new pattern of land use, widely
focused on the integration of agriculture, pasture and woodland exploitation.
Available radiometric dating evidences indicate the 7th century as the period
during which these transformations became evident, and lead to the question as
to whether this process could be connected with the settlement of the Longobard
Groups within the valley, documented by three significant cemeteries that date
back to the beginning of the same century.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
methodological approach presented in this paper could provide an innovative way
to undertake analysis of peripheral areas, where in contrast to other Italian
regions (such as the Po valley, Tuscany, Lazio, Emilia, Apulia) open area
excavations and extensive surveys are absent.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Respondent:
Helena Carr</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Giuseppe Cacciaguerra, Antonino Facella, Luca Zambito</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Aspects
of Settlement in Seventh Century Sicily</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite
the serious gaps and lags in archaeological research and the difficulties long
experienced by archaeologists in finding reliable chronological markers for
Sicilian Early Middle Ages (especially 8th-9th century), it now appears
possible that a first attempt can be made at outlining some aspects of settlement
dynamics in seventh century Sicily, thanks predominantly to the results of
field work (both excavations and surveys) in the last decade.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
present paper is mainly based on the analysis of some archaeological contexts
in eastern, central-southern and western Sicily, which the authors have been
investigating in recent years. Significant aspects of settlement systems,
primarily the rural settlement patterns (which can be essential also for a
better understanding of the relationships between city and country), will be
highlighted. Part of the study will be devoted to the examination of some
features of material culture, like building types and artefacts, principally
ceramics. Archaeological markers of Sicilian seventh century will be
identified, as well as pottery classes which might be useful as ‘index fossil’
to mark the passage form Byzantine to Islamic age. Furthermore, we intend to
discuss the contribution of ceramic finds to the definition of trade
relationships between Sicily and other Mediterranean regions (Italy, Africa,
Eastern Mediterranean), before the eight century fall-off in the volume of
exchanges.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
each discussed topic we will try to outline aspects of continuity or
discontinuity with the situation in both previous and following centuries.
Furthermore, a distinction between phenomena that seem to occur across the
whole of Sicily and those that can reveal sub-regional differences will be
attempted. Finally we will consider the possible significance, in historical
terms, of the detected trends.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Denis Sami</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">See the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tentative-programme.html" target="_blank"> full schedule</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">for more!</span>The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-3640067117962052732013-05-01T18:47:00.000+01:002013-05-03T11:00:30.136+01:00Session 3 – Conceptualizing rulers, real and imagined<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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3 – <i>Conceptualizing rulers, real and imagined</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moderator:
<a href="http://edinburgh.academia.edu/JarvisMacMaster" target="_blank">Thomas J. MacMaster</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A:
Heidi Stoner</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Kings
Without Faces: an examination of the visual evidence for kingship in the
seventh century.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
long seventh century is a period that cannot be discussed without the
discussion of kingship. The period is often characterized by the formation of
kingdoms and the transformation of the insular world from that of a ‘pagan’ or
‘tribal’ society into medieval Christian kingdoms. This paper will address what
kingship looked like and how the visual evidence of kings can be studied
alongside the textual evidence creating a visual culture of kingship prior to
the depiction of kings. While no portrait of a king exist from this time the
material record is rich in objects that directly relate to kingship such as
royal or princely burials, coins, and other extent archeologically finds. These
objects have the potential to be examined alongside historic documents, such as
Bede’s <i>Historia Ecclesiastica</i>, in order to stitch together a more
subtle picture of what kingship might hove looked like in this period of
change, and it is perhaps in this we might find that amidst the discontinuity
of political structures and religious lives that there is a continuous visual
record. The images and visual language of this period has long been acknowledge
to borrow from the iconographies of the late antique and Roman world in order
to shift how the new leaders are signified, but it is possible that by
maintaining visual indicators of power that the visual impact of a king would
not have been so discontinuous.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Response:
Bethan Morris</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B: <a href="http://oxford.academia.edu/RyanLynch" target="_blank">Ryan J. Lynch</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Sons
of the Muhājirūn: Some comments on ‘Abd Allāh b. al-Zubayr and Legitimizing Power
in the Second Fitna</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
second Islamic civil war, or fitna, divided the early Islamic community from
the years 680-692CE/60-73AH and had as one of its central figures the character
of ‘Abd Allāh b. al-Zubayr. He has long been treated in western scholarship
as a usurper or “counter-Caliph” to the rightful leadership of the Umayyad
Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwān. The extant Islamic sources, however, are
divided in their depiction of him: some treat him as a pious and saintly
combatant against Umayyad depravity, while others characterize him as
self-indulgent, ruthless, and a pretender to the lineage of the Prophet
Muḥammad.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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al-Zubayr was the son of an established Companion of the Prophet, and had
himself borne witness to the Prophet Muḥammad and his revelation as a young
member of the new Islamic community. More importantly, he came from a family
line that included not only other prestigious early Caliphs and converts, but
also the wives of Muḥammad, Khadīja and
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and the grandfather of Muḥammad,
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has largely ignored the questions surrounding his connection with the Prophet
as well as this status as a legitimizing force in his establishment of power
during the fitna, choosing often to focus on issues of geography instead. This
paper will concern itself with the rise to power of Ibn al-Zubayr and his
Caliphate, and how he may have legitimized his right to rule over other rivals
through his connection to Muḥammad.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/historical/staff/profile/nicola.clarke" target="_blank">Nicola Clarke</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">See the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tentative-programme.html" target="_blank"> full schedule</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">for more!</span>The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-79987927150083759982013-05-01T18:45:00.005+01:002013-05-01T18:45:49.079+01:00Session 4 – Remembering the past in a time of transformation
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4 – <i>Remembering the past in a time of transformation</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emanuele Intagliata</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A: N.
Kıvılcım Yavuz</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ‘Before
and After the Chronicle of Fredegar: The Trojan Narrative and the Franks’</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
three millennia the fall of Troy has been a popular topic in European culture.
Besides several historical accounts of the Trojan War and literary works that
include characters from Troy, there is a long tradition of European peoples and
dynasties claiming Trojan ancestry. Whether through chronicles, genealogies,
annals, or universal histories, medieval legends of Trojan origins connect most
of the European peoples to Troy. The first surviving written claim of the
medieval legend of Trojan origins comes from the seventh-century <i>Chronicle
of Fredegar</i> that provides an account of peoples who are descended from
the Trojan stock: the Franks, the Macedonians and the Turks. By the ninth
century the British and, early in the eleventh century, the Normans were also
traced back to the band of Trojans. From the twelfth century onwards legends of
Trojan origin multiply even faster; they are not only found in historical
accounts but also in vernacular poems and romances.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Among
the peoples who claim descent from Troy, the case of Franks is especially
significant due to the fact that the legend was appropriated and tailored to
their needs in such a manner that it continued to find passionate advocates
well into the eighteenth-century France. Discussing how and why the story of
Troy was adapted to provide genealogical origins for peoples, the paper will
focus on the claim of the Trojan origins of the Franks in the <i>Chronicle
of Fredegar</i>. It will first investigate the relationship of the <i>Chronicle
of Fredegar</i> with the narratives on the Trojan War that were in
circulation at the time such as the <i>De excidio Troiae historia</i> attributed
to Dares of Phrygia, the <i>Ephemeridos Belli Troiani</i> attributed
to Dictys of Crete and the <i>Ilias Latina</i>. Based on both textual and
manuscript evidence, it will further look at the impact of the <i>Chronicle
of Fredegar</i> on the later early medieval historiographical sources that
contain the origin legend of the Franks including the anonymous <i>Liber
historiae Francorum</i>. The paper will be concerned with such questions like What
prompted the account of Trojan ancestry to be written down in the seventh
century? Could the Trojan legend of the Franks be just one person’s imagination
and invention? If it indeed was one person’s creation, how should we interpret
its existence in various accounts for over a millennium? Can we easily dismiss
the Trojan ancestry of the Franks as being ‘fiction’ and thus treat it
differently than the other accounts that are told in the <i>Chronicle</i>?
How much of historical writing is shaped by narrative conventions? Can the
historian construct an imagined past and call it history? and finally, What is
the significance of the seventh century, and therefore the <i>Chronicle of
Fredegar</i>, in terms of the development of the Trojan narrative?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alessandro Gnasso</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freeborn</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Power,
Pride and the Environment in Later Merovingian Gaul</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
topic of my paper concerns the perceptions and usages of the natural world by
the later Merovingian dynasty. It considers whether the royal family was forced
from urban centres as they ceded control of the kingdom to the<i> franci
</i>aristocracy and Pippinid mayors, or if their relocation to rural
Roman <i>villae</i> was a display of cultural pride and power, akin
to the symbolic retention of their long hair and ox-carts. Nicholas Howe's
concept of the “landscape as nationalism” provides the main ideological tenant
of the paper, and a survey of contemporary Gallic Christians and Celtic
concepts of the environment, as well as those of the proceeding Romans and the
Carolingian legacy are used to examine the Merovingian movement and private
occupation around the key royal seat of Soissons from the mid seventh century
to the end of the dynasty. Because the countryside in Merovingian Gaul was
synonymous with danger, paganism, barbarism and uncertainty, those who
controlled it had not only great physical but spiritual power. The late
Merovingians capitalized on the mythos and tradition that had grown up around
rural Roman structures, as well as the association between their fearful pagan
heritage and the Christian wariness towards the untamable power of nature, and
purposefully left urban centres as a final (ultimately unsuccessful) display of
dynastic strength. The paper's conclusion agrees with recent scholars such as
Ian Wood who argue that the later kings exerted more control and were far more
involved in court politics than previously posited, and sees logical continuity
from the Classical period to the end of Late Antiquity in concepts of the
environment.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yaniv Fox</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Majied Robinson</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Quantitative
approaches to the rise of Islam</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
rise of Islam took place in what is historiographically a ‘dark’ century of
Near Eastern history; most of what are purported to be direct accounts were
actually written 200 years after the events they describe. But some of these
late sources seem to be much more reliable than others. It has frequently been
held that one category of sources that should be considered as more trustworthy
than others is the Arab genealogical genre of the early 9th century. Despite
this recognition, the volume and structure of the information preserved in
these sources is such that they have not been given the attention they deserve.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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paper will demonstrate a novel means of tackling the problems associated with
the genealogical sources. After encoding the marital behaviour they record in a
database and structuring the information generationally, statistical analysis
will be used to illustrate trends in social behaviour from the time of
Muhammad’s birth to the fall of the Umayyad caliphate. Quantitative approaches
will also be used to compare changes of behaviour in tribal and generational
terms. These findings can then be correlated with events and circumstances as
described in the traditional historical record in order to help us better
understand the how conversion and conquest affected a person’s choice of
spouse.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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results will be of interest to all those concerned with early Islamic history
as well as social historians of the pre-modern period. These findings and
methodologies will also be relevant to historians interested in using modern
tools to handle old sources.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sarah Bowen Savant</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">See the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tentative-programme.html" target="_blank"> full schedule</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">for more!</span>The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-37726390085344999702013-05-01T18:44:00.001+01:002013-05-01T18:44:06.527+01:00Session 5 – Urban settlement in an age of change
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5 – <i>Urban settlement in an age of change</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emanuele Intagliata</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A: Eisa
Esfanjary</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Geomorphology
of Persian Cities in the early Islamic period</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Persian
cities are the palimpsest of urban history. From generation to generation the
process of civilisation has been archived in the urban landscape. This paper
engages with the most enduring feature of the urban tissue, the town plan,
through reading an on-going process of morphological development of ancient Persian
urbanisation.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An
analysis of the town plan of the historic city of Meybod reveals different
morphological patterns: the twisting alleys, the orthogonal and the geometric
systems, as well as modern streets. Each is linked to a period of history. The oldest
pattern (pre-Islamic) was based on a particular topography with no surfaced
qanat but only to an underground source. It is characterised by a superimposing
layers of buildings with a twisting and organic street network.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
second pattern, however, an orthogonal network with a more linear street
system. It can be seen on gentler slopes with surfaced qanat, comprising a
lower density and greener landscape. Qanat system, agricultural practice and
easy gradients were the underlying factors for such orthogonal pattern.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is
suggested that the overlapping zone of these two different morphological
patterns representative of the two important periods of growth of the
city. This is where the Friday Mosque and early Islamic hub were
erected and itself suggests a zone of transition between the pre-Islamic and
Islamic period. The placement of the first Friday Mosque at the fringe of the
ancient core is hypothesized and supported as a feature of the early Islamic
development of the region.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
third pattern, a pre-planned geometric system, was developed on the 19th
century plain periphery of Meybod. Wide streets with stream and trees at the
middle were a new and impressive setting in urban landscape.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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Meybod with other examples, these geomorphological patterns and the issue of
early Islamic transition zone are identified and believed to be an extended and
dynamic character of Persian urbanisation.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hugh Kennedy</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jacobs</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> From
Early Byzantium to the Dark Ages at Sagalassos</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The recent
excavations at Sagalassos, a medium-sized town in the south-west of Turkey,
have uncovered a considerable amount of evidence related to the time span
between 525/550 and 650. The drastic changes occurring during this period left
permanent imprints in the archaeological record, providing us today with a
privileged detailed insight into this last century of large-scale occupation.
This paper intends to discuss the fast changing priorities of this fairly
standard inland town of Asia Minor.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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beginning of the period under review, the city first lived its final heyday; up
until the third quarter of the sixth century, major interventions to the civic
landscape indicate that the local community was both wealthy and energetic. The
town at that time was also still strongly indebted to its Roman past. This
phase is, however, followed by a rapid decline, during which primary needs
suppressed all others and all recorded actions were purely pragmatic in nature.
By the late sixth century, the Roman town had been reduced to a ruralized
settlement with a habitation dispersed amidst the ruins of the past. Then,
probably slightly after the year 610, the site was hit by a major earthquake.
Although the ensuing 7th-century occupation phase was completely different in character
from all previous–a renewed tendency towards nucleation led the occupants of
the area to construct a fortified refuge on a previously undefended promontory
outside the old town centre, thereby completely blocking the old main street–,
the quality of the construction work indicates that also this medieval
community was well organized.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Respondent:
James Crow</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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6 – <i>Crossing boundaries, bridging cultures</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Woolf</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Sutton
Hoo and Sweden</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In this
paper I shall endeavour to revisit the relationships between the boat burial in
mound one and Sutton Hoo and the analogues high status burials of Vendel period
Sweden. The analysis will focus on the social context of deposition rather than
on the direct relationship of the material culture deposited. It will be argued
that both East Anglia and northern Uppland were frontier territories of
Germanic-speaking Europe where new social hierarchies were struggling to
establish themselves in the decades around 600.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Response:
Brian Wallace</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Drauschke</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The
development of contacts and trade between the Byzantine Empire and the Frankish
Kingdom until the early 8th century</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
paper focuses the question, how contacts and exchange between the eastern Mediterranean
and northwest continental Europe developed during the 7th century AD. The
research is based on the archaeological sources from the Frankish Kingdom but
takes also into account important written source material. Following the
traditional view, international trade and transport in the Mediterranean
reached its bottom from the middle of the 7th century onwards, mainly
influenced by the research of Henri Pirenne, but after his famous study this
subject was discussed even more intensely until today with different opinions
about the date concerning the closing of the Mediterranean Sea.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
first sight archaeological material from the Frankish Kingdom does not seem to
can add a significant contribution to this problem. But with the help of a
careful analysis of the inventories of Merovingian row graves a large group of
objects could be identified that due to their provenance must have been
transported from the eastern Mediterranean resp. the Byzantine Empire and even
from regions far more east over the Mediterranean and Italy and southern France
to the regions in northern Gaul and north of the Alps. Among these finds are
precious stones from India/Sri Lanka (red garnet, amethyst), cowrie shells from
the Red Sea, elephant ivory from northeast Africa, jewellery, bronze vessels,
and buckles from the Byzantine Empire. Not only the quantity of these objects
is surprising that reaches its height at the end of the 6th and the beginning
of the 7th century, but also the fact that – in spite of a constant decrease of
their total number during the 7th century – they still appear in the graves at
the time around 700 AD. This is explained as an indication of a continuity of
exchange between the regions in question, but with clear signs of decline and
change of general circumstances.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Response:
Tom Brown</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://granada.academia.edu/JulioMiguelRom%C3%A1nPunz%C3%B3n" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Julio Miguel Román Punzón</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://independent.academia.edu/MiguelJimenezPuertas" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Miguel Jiménez Puertas</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://sheffield.academia.edu/JoseCCarvajal" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Jose C. Carvajal</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> When
the East came to the West: the seventh century in south-east Spain: living amongst Visigoths, Byzantines and Muslims</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
seventh century in Iberia brought about a number of transformations in a
society that had kept a remarkable continuity of the cultural and political
structure of Rome during the “long sixth century”. In this century, the
Visigoths achieved the unification of their society under the Catholic creed
and consolidated their dominion of Iberia by expelling the Byzantines from
their last peninsular strongholds. And yet the classical tradition was visible
in many aspects of this society until the Islamic invasion of the eighth
century, which meant the downfall of the Visigothic Kingdom and a fast
Islamicisation of the Peninsula. This event produced a very different sort of
“long eighth century” in Iberia as compared to the rest of Europe and is marked
by deep changes at all levels. It meant a much more evident break with the
Roman past.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">The
phenomena described in the paragraph above can be clearly identified in a space
the was a border area between the Visigothic kingdom and the Byzantine
occupation in Iberia: the Vega of Granada. After an early occupation by the
Muslim invaders, this was also the space in which Islam lasted longer in the
peninsula, until the conquest of Granada in the fifteenth century. Therefore,
it is a space of special interest for the identification of the patterns of
continuity and break that took place in the seventh and eighth centuries. In
this paper we will offer information about settlement patterns, cemeteries and
ceramic production of these two centuries. The combined analysis of these
archaeological features will allow to venture the meaning of the
transformations of the end of the Roman world in an essentially rural area
placed in a very strategic location.</span></div>
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Javier Martinez</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">See the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tentative-programme.html" target="_blank">full schedule</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">for more details!</span>The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-7117099850101748442013-05-01T18:40:00.002+01:002013-05-11T09:18:17.235+01:00Session 7 – Shifting frontiers and people in motion<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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7 – <i>Shifting frontiers and people in motion</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://edinburgh.academia.edu/JarvisMacMaster" target="_blank">Thomas J. MacMaster</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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abandonment: historiographical contexts</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Following Northumbrian defeat at the battle of Dún
Nechtain, 685, the Northumbrian monastic community retired from Abercorn, on
the banks of the Firth of Forth. Yet when Bede wrote in 731, Northumbria’s
northern frontier stretched to the Forth. By exploring Bede’s historiography of
the battle, the context in which the ‘abandonment’ is presented. I propose to
contextualise the abandonment of this episcopacy, its positioning in the
politics of the late seventh-century, and the narrative-context in which its
details have come to us. The battle itself has been most recently analysed by
James Fraser’s (2002) <i>The Battle of
Dunnichen 685,</i> and Graeme Cruickshank’s (1991) <i>The Battle of Dunnichen, </i>based on his pamphlet, first published in
1985, <i>Nechtansmere 1300: A Commemoration.</i>
The focus of both of these is an appraisal of events, and both encompass a historiographical
study, but neither undertakes to consider the significance inferred in the
historiography of the political manoeuvring and warfare the ecclesiastical
events and conceptualisations of the period.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I will argue that the Bede’s historiographical context
given to this event is formed around his conceptualisations of the battle, its
precursors and after-effects, and its significance in the progressive
Northumbrian story. In focusing upon Abercorn, and its two elements - its
conception, and continuation, as a monastic community, and jurisdiction as an
episcopal seat – I will frame the some of the politics of the seventh century
Forth region.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Adrian Maldonado</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B: <a href="http://independent.academia.edu/JoseRossello" target="_blank">José Miguel Rosselló Esteve</a>, <a href="http://ub.academia.edu/PauMarimonRibas" target="_blank">Pau Marimon Ribas</a>, <a href="http://independent.academia.edu/IsabelBusquets" target="_blank">Isabel Busquets Porcel</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Continuity
and Discontinuity in the Balearic Islands during the Byzantine period (VI-VIII
centuries)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Balearic Islands were recovered by Byzantine Empire in 533, during the <i>renovatio
imperii</i> of Justinian. Since then and for more than three centuries the
islands remained under the Byzantine orbit. The reforms initiated under
Maurice's reign and continued by Heraclius and his successors had a direct
impact on the administrative and military organization of the Balearic Islands.
In addition the loss of Byzantine territories in Hispania during this time
(625-626) had a decisive effect on it.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recent
archaeological discoveries, of various stamp seals belonging to Byzantine
officers, have provided us new information about the administration of the
Balearic Islands. This allows us to go deeper into the study of the
administration and military organization of the islands in this period. Now we
can compare the new archaeological evidences with Byzantine and Arab literary
sources. In this paper we analyse the changes and transformations, produced
since the end of the sixth century, until the firsts contacts with the Islamic
world at the beginning of the eighth century and how they affect the
organization the Balearics Islands.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Danielle Donaldson</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marie Legendre</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Islamic
Conquest, Territorial Reorganization and Empire Formation: A Study of
7thCentury Movements of Population in the Light of Egyptian Papyri</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Early Islamic conquest is known to have provoked large movements of population
such as the arrival in Rome of many refugees from the Byzantine Empire.
However, within the conquered provinces, territorial organization also shifted
along the creation of new capitals and a wide scale reorganisation of
geo-strategic dynamic in the whole region, orientated towards new political
centres and their network of economic supply. The documentation from Egypt is
an unparalleled historical source on the 7th century, especially for the period
following the Islamic conquest. Documents in Greek, Coptic and Arabic give very
diverse details on the implementation of the conquerors in their new province.
As soon as the 640s, they display a great interest for its resources, exploited
for the construction of a new capital and the sustenance of the new ruling community.
They also mention a large number of fugitives, especially from the reign of
Mu‘āwiya, as requisitioned workers tried to escape forced labour for the
maintenance of the imperial fleet. Judging from the increasing numbers of
fiscal requisitions imposed on the Egyptian population most of those movements
of fugitives have been interpreted as motivated by tax-evasion. </span></div>
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systematic investigation of papyrological evidence at the local level seems to
point to a wider variety of factors explaining those movements of fugitives in
7thcentury Egypt. This paper will investigate the geo-dynamic reorganizations
that the early Islamic conquest and the integration of the Egyptian province
into the early Islamic Empire caused. The creation of Fusṭāṭ and its fantastic
development, the reactivation of old trade routes orientated towards the Ḥiǧāz
provide a better understanding of the reaction of the local Egyptian population
facing new territorial dynamics. By the end of the 7th century, papyri show
that the provincial territory has already shifted to a new territorial pattern.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Andrew Marsham</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">See the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tentative-programme.html" target="_blank">full schedule</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11px;">for more details!</span>The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-38983391477391318242013-05-01T18:38:00.004+01:002013-05-02T11:43:12.242+01:00Session 8 – Imagining the holy<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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8 – <i>Imagining the holy</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alessandro Gnasso</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Austin Mason</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Early English Cult of Saints in Long-Term Perspective</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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paper explores the seventh-century conversion of England through the lens of
the cult of saints by examining the documentary and archaeological evidence for
the treatment of the dead in long-term perspective. Taking
inspiration from recent studies of Scandinavia that have envisioned Old Norse
religion as a number of different and changing religious customs that
constantly incorporated and reinterpreted foreign models, I argue that England
witnessed a generations-long transitional phase c.400–900ce, during which links
to the ancestral past were actively renegotiated within the new political and
religious environments brought on by the rise of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the
gradual conversion of their peoples to Christianity.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our
major extant historical account of these centuries, Bede’s <i>Historia
Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum</i> (written c.731 CE), suggests a major
discontinuity between the pagan ways of the early Anglo-Saxons and the adoption
of Christianity beginning in the late-sixth century. The veneration of saints
at their tombs in seventh-century England is thus usually seen as an entirely
new phenomenon. Yet Christianity was neither the first nor the only
religion in Britain to have encouraged engagement with the physical remains of
the special dead. Indeed, each of the key material elements of the
medieval cult of saints (primary relics, translation, secondary relics,
and <i>depositio ad sanctos</i>) had local, and often very ancient
antecedents. Excavated cemeteries in Britain have produced evidence for the
curation of body parts, reopening and manipulation of graves, preservation of
heirloom objects, and burial in close proximity to the tombs of revered
individuals stretching as far back as the Neolithic. This paper therefore
argues for a considerable degree of continuity in the treatment of the “special
dead” in seventh-century England, during which pre-Christian hero cults and
practices of ancestor veneration fused with the imported cult of the saints to
create a new Christian synthesis.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/jwood" target="_blank">Jamie</a> <a href="http://ulincoln.academia.edu/JamieWood" target="_blank">Wood</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i>
<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Mirror,
mirror on the wall: the King, the Antichrist and the Last Emperor</span></i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of
the great literary genre that acquired its big fortune in the 7th century is
the apocalypse: in a world that was ravaged by new opponents, new ideas, new
wars, the need for the knowledge of a world that, although passing through
terrible times, could end in a righteous and just way, with the ultimate
triumph of Christ, was very important for the popular culture. Thus, we witness
to a huge number of apocalyptic texts that have little to do with the
traditional Revelations of John, but rather give hints of the present and
future world that in the 7th century was lived, thought, imagined. The
apocalypses of the 7th century are not just a representation of terrible times,
signed by the arrival of the tribes of Gog and Magog and of the Antichrist:
they show positive characters, righteous kings, good rulers, mainly the Last
Emperor of the Romans. This paper focuses on the physical and psychological
description of two central figures, the Antichrist as final enemy, and the Last
Emperor as its winner: it will try to find parallelisms between these fictive
characters and real, existing and existed people, notably in the imperial
court. The point will not be to identify the Last Emperor or the Antichrist
with this or another king, rather to understand how the physical description of
these fictive and real characters influenced each other. Was the Last Emperor a
mirror of princes, or were the princes a mirror for the Last Emperor?</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Poster Session will be held in the Jim
McMillan Room of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology and includes the following posters:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Giuseppe Cacciaguerra, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">University of Catania:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Martina </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Č</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">echová, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Institute of Slavonic Studies of the Academy
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<span lang="IT" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Developmentof the 7th Century Cherson (on
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Paolo
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Luca Zambito, University of Messina:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquium:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Seventh Century: continuity or discontinuity?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">28-29 May 2013, <a href="http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/googlemap?eid=3205386397" target="_blank">Teviot Lecture Theatre</a>, University of
Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can the seventh century be studied as a unit across
regions or does the period represent a break in the longue durée?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was the level of discontinuity
between the ‘long sixth’ and ‘long eighth’ centuries?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">These questions and many more will be discussed at the
Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquium, a two-day interdisciplinary
conference for postgraduate students and early career researchers, 28-29 May
2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our programme includes forty speakers from twenty-six
institutions on three continents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Papers cover a diverse range of topics and regions, stretching
gepgraphically from Persia to Pictland and from Sweden to the Sahara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Archaeology, historiography, and
papyrology are among a few of the disciplines that will be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A full schedule for the conference is
<a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tentative-programme.html" target="_blank">visible online</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The colloquium has been organised by four Edinburgh
postgraduate students from the<a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/history-classics-archaeology/graduate-school" target="_blank"> School of History, Classics and Archaeology</a>,
with support from the <a href="http://www.medren.ed.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Edinburgh Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together, <a href="http://edinburgh.academia.edu/AlessandroGnasso" target="_blank">Alessandro Gnasso</a>, <a href="http://edinburgh.academia.edu/BethanMorris" target="_blank">Bethan Morris,</a> <a href="http://edinburgh.academia.edu/EmanueleIntagliata" target="_blank">Emanuele Intagliata,</a> and <a href="http://edinburgh.academia.edu/JarvisMacMaster" target="_blank">Tom MacMaster</a> have put together
an exciting and innovative event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They believe that the colloquium bring together scholars
from different disciplines, studying the seventh century, to promote discussion
and the cross-fertilisation of ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It will explore how wider perspectives can be used to formulate new
approaches to source material, drawing out fresh perspectives on both the
familiar and unfamiliar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At the same time, the colloquium will operate under a
somewhat unusual format.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition to presentation of papers, full responses will be given to every paper
by scholars working on similar materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=1059&deptid=69&catid=6" target="_blank">Registration is now open!</a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Costs are </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">£10 (student/unwaged)/
£15 (all others) and includes lunch on both 28 and 29 May as well as a
reception on the 28<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is also a conference dinner (£22 additional) on the 29<sup>th</sup>
and a guided tour of the <a href="http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/national_museum.aspx" target="_blank">National Museum of Scotland</a>’s Early Medieval
collections on the 30<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We invite all those working in archaeology, art history,
history, literature, numismatics, and religion, as well as in fields including
Byzantine, Celtic, Classics, Islamic, and Late Antique studies to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For further information, please visit <a href="http://7thcentury.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">our website!</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Please visit <a href="http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=1059&deptid=69&catid=6" target="_blank">our registration site</a> and let us know!The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-49954102865134197992013-03-20T12:34:00.000+00:002013-05-11T13:27:42.093+01:00Preliminary schedule (subject to further change)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hugh Kennedy, School of
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1 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maintaining and changing identities<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moderator: Bethan Morris, University of
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Richard Broome, University of Leeds:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Soléna Cheny, University of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paris 1-Sorbonne:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Respondent: Thomas J. MacMaster<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mehrnoush Soroush, New York University:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Irrigation
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Giuseppe Cacciaguerra, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">University of Catania; </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Antonino
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<span lang="IT" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Giuseppe Cacciaguerra, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">University of Catania:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">9.15</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10.45</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Session 5 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Urban settlement in an age of change<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eisa Esfanjary, University of Edinburgh:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Islamic period<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ine Jacobs, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">University of Leuven and Vrije Universiteit Brussel:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jörg Drauschke, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marimon Ribas, University of Barcelona; Isabel Busquets Porcel, </span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Empire Formation: A Study of 7<sup>th</sup> Century Movements of Population
in the Light of Egyptian Papyri<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Restaurant,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span>29 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3BQ</span></div>
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guided to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ur</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-71275843493270563382013-02-24T15:40:00.001+00:002013-02-24T15:40:11.036+00:00Caesarius of Arles at EdinburghNot strictly our time period but something we wholeheartedly support:<br />
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http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/history-classics-archaeology/news-events/events/conference-alres<br />
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The World of Caesarius of Arles</h1>
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The
World of Caesarius of Arles: a short conference organised by the School
of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.</div>
<strong>Date:</strong> Friday 15th-Saturday 16th March, 2013<br />
The
starting point for this conference is the lively and controversial
figure of Caesarius, bishop of Arles from 502-542. Both Caesarius and
the time in which he lived have been seen as emblematic of the cusp
between the ancient and medieval eras. This conference brings together
scholars from diverse backgrounds in order to throw light on this
fascinating figure, an eventful period of late antique history, and the
rich material culture of southern Gaul.<br />
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Friday 15th March Opening Lecture, 5pm</h2>
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<tr><td>William Klingshirn (Catholic University of America)</td><td>'Caesarius of Arles: 1970-2042: retrospect and prospect'</td></tr>
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Saturday 16th March Day Conference (9am-6pm)</h2>
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<tr class="stripeOn"><td>Lisa Bailey (Auckland)</td><td>'Scripture in the sermons of Caesarius of Arles'</td></tr>
<tr class="stripeOff"><td>Kate Cooper (Manchester)</td><td>'Caesarius and the late Roman household'</td></tr>
<tr class="stripeOn"><td>Lucy Grig (Edinburgh)</td><td>'Celebrating the Kalends of January in late antique Gaul'</td></tr>
<tr class="stripeOff"><td>Peter Heather (KCL)</td><td>Caesarius, Theodoric and the Papacy</td></tr>
<tr class="stripeOn"><td>Edward James (TCD)</td><td>'The self-representation of a bishop: Caesarius of Arles compared to Gregory of Tours'</td></tr>
<tr class="stripeOff"><td>Simon Loseby (Sheffield)</td><td>'Arles in the time of Caesarius'</td></tr>
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will be a registration fee of £20 (£15 for students), to include a wine
reception (Friday), morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea
(Saturday).<br />
To register for the conference please e-mail or write
to the conference organiser, Lucy Grig, and send a cheque made out to
'The University of Edinburgh' to her at the address below. Please also
contact her for additional information or if you wish to join the
speakers for the conference dinner.<br />
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<br />The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-50476168891746198472013-02-24T15:09:00.000+00:002013-02-24T15:09:18.760+00:00COMING SOON!We are in the process of finalising our programme and will be posting it very soon once all respondents have contacted us. We are really excited about the tremendous level of response we have gotten and believe that the programme promises to be extremely interesting.<br />
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We can't wait to meet everyone!The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-15352980579360773142012-11-30T14:57:00.001+00:002012-11-30T14:57:18.742+00:00Hugh Kennedy, Keynote speaker<br />
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Hugh N. Kennedy of SOAS will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 University of Edinburgh Seventh Century Colloquium. </div>
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Kennedy is the author of numerous books on our period, including <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Prophet-Age-Caliphates-Islamic/dp/0582405254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354287233&sr=8-1" target="_blank">T</a><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Prophet-Age-Caliphates-Islamic/dp/0582405254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354287233&sr=8-1" target="_blank">he Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates, 600–1050;</a> </i><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Armies-Caliphs-Military-Society-Islamic/dp/0415250935/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354287272&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Armies of the Caliphs: military and society in the early Islamic State;</a> </i><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mongols-Vikings-CassellS-History-Warfare/dp/0304352926/ref=la_B001IGJX3A_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354287288&sr=1-4" target="_blank">Mongols, Huns and Vikings: Nomads at War;</a> </i>and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Arab-Conquests-Spread-Changed/dp/0753823896/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354287382&sr=1-1" target="_blank">T</a><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Arab-Conquests-Spread-Changed/dp/0753823896/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354287382&sr=1-1" target="_blank">he Great Arab Conquests. How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In</a> </i>as well as of n<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Byzantine-Islamic-Variorum-Collected-Studies/dp/0754659097/ref=la_B001IGJX3A_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1354287288&sr=1-6" target="_blank">umerous articles</a> and translations of texts from the period. Though the bulk of his scholarship has been focussed on the Islamic early middle ages, he has written extensively on the connections of the period with Late Antiquity and on the connections between East and West across the whole era.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquium</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">28 – 29 May 2013</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquium, 28 – 29 May 2013. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The colloquium is a two-day interdisciplinary conference for postgraduate students and early career researchers. The colloquium brings together scholars from different disciplines studying the seventh century in order to promote discussion and the cross-fertilisation of ideas. We will explore how wider perspectives can be used to formulate new approaches to source material, drawing out fresh perspectives on both the familiar and unfamiliar.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Our general theme will be an examination of whether the seventh century can be studied as a unit across regions or whether the period represents a break in the <i>longue durée</i>. What was the level of discontinuity between the ‘long sixth’ and ‘long eighth’ centuries? </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We invite those working in archaeology, art history, history, literature, numismatics, and religion, as well as in fields including Byzantine, Celtic, Classics, Islamic, and Late Antique studies to submit abstracts for papers of approximately 15 to 20 minutes that engage with all aspects of the long seventh century. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Possible topics for papers might include, but are by no means limited to:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Our organisational structure is designed to encourage collaboration and cross-fertilisation of ideas; we will have no parallel sessions as we believe that everything will be useful to all of us. To build collaboration, we will be adopting an innovative structure for the conference. The sessions will be structured as follows:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We hope that such methods will not only inspire genuine collaboration between the two scholars involved but will encourage a wider and livelier debate and discussion. Similarly, we hope that all involved will feel encouraged to debate, discuss, and occasionally disagree. We believe that through such methods all of us will advance as scholars.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our dates are now 28 - 29 May 2013. A Call for Papers will be issued shortly.</div>
The 2013 Edinburgh University Seventh Century Colloquiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02885716000336863098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908579319797906817.post-47413510513783975192012-08-04T03:06:00.001+01:002012-08-04T03:06:32.219+01:00A DIFFERENT SORT OF CONFERENCE<style>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">When we decided to host the
Seventh Century Colloquium, we did not want to have just another of those
academic gatherings where several papers are read and a few perfunctory
questions and comments are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We do not want to have something that is simply yet another opportunity
to add a line to one’s CV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do
not intend to have a conference just for the sake of holding a conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">Instead, what we hope to do
is to bring the best and brightest younger scholars working on the seventh
century together in a collaborative setting that will encourage
cross-fertilisation of ideas and potential intellectual breakthroughs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too many of our sub-disciplines have
been walled off from each other so that those of us working on the first
century of Islam are barely familiar with those of us studying the foundation
of the English Church and neither will know much of recent scholarship on
Byzantium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Language and
methodological issues of our areas too often means that we miss the forest for
the trees.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">To break through these
divisions, we want to encourage scholars in disparate fields to converse with
each other; we will have no parallel sessions as we believe that everything
will be useful to all of us.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">To build collaboration, we
will also be doing something unlike the usual post-graduate conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scholar who submits a proposal to
us and is accepted for the conference will be paired with someone else who is
working either on similar issues or is using similar techniques in
parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those two will be in
communication prior to the colloquium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The second scholar will have read a written version of the first’s paper
in advance and will have prepared a detailed response prior to the
colloquium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the delivery of
the paper, the second will give a response before opening the floor to general
discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope that such
methods will not only inspire genuine collaboration between the two involved
but will encourage debate and discussion more widely.</span></div>
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involved will feel encouraged to debate, discuss, and occasionally
disagree. We believe that through
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