Medieval History
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014
While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval
frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its
neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative
discussion. This conference aims to initiate a dialogue between
scholars of the Carolingian frontier and those of the societies it
bordered, and in so doing to reach a better understanding of the nature
and extent of contacts in frontier regions and the various manners in
which these contacts ? not to mention frontier regions themselves ? were
conceptualized. Moreover, it will explore the interplay between various
types of contact ? whether military, political, economic, social, or
religious ? and the various ways in which these contacts could underpin,
or undermine, existing relationships, both between the local societies
themselves and between political centres.
By bringing together an international group of established and
postgraduate scholars whose work lies both inside and outside the
Carolingian empire, this conference seeks not only to open up
comparative perspectives, but also to place the Carolingian empire
within its global historical context. Topics may include, but are not
limited to: cross-border socio-political influence; religious contacts
and ideological exchange; trade and material culture; the influence of
political centres at the frontier; frontier fortifications; and local
and central conceptualizations of frontiers within the period c. 750 ?
c. 950. Participants are also welcome to consider different Carolingian
frontiers in comparative perspective and the role of modern scholarship
in the ?creation? of the Carolingian frontier.
Confirmed speakers for this conference include Dr. Caroline Brett
(Cambridge), Professor Wojciech Fa?kowski (Warsaw), Professor Joachim
Henning (Frankfurt), Dr. Jonathan Jarrett (Birmingham), Professor
Eduardo Manzano Moreno (Madrid), and Dr. Ivo ?tefan (Prague). Alongside
invited papers, proposals are welcomed from postgraduate and
postdoctoral students whose work focuses on the Carolingian frontier,
and particularly from scholars of the societies which the Carolingians
bordered.
This conference will take place over three days at the University of
Cambridge. Interested parties should send a 350 word abstract for a
twenty-minute paper to [email protected]. The deadline
for proposals is 11 April 2014.
This conference is generously supported by the George Macaulay Trevelyan
Fund and by the Society for the Study of French History.
With all best wishes,
Ingrid Rembold
Fraser McNair
Sam Ottewill-Soulsby
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Medieval History
The Carolingian frontier and its neighbours
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014
While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval
frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its
neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative
discussion. This conference aims to initiate a dialogue between
scholars of the Carolingian frontier and those of the societies it
bordered, and in so doing to reach a better understanding of the nature
and extent of contacts in frontier regions and the various manners in
which these contacts ? not to mention frontier regions themselves ? were
conceptualized. Moreover, it will explore the interplay between various
types of contact ? whether military, political, economic, social, or
religious ? and the various ways in which these contacts could underpin,
or undermine, existing relationships, both between the local societies
themselves and between political centres.
By bringing together an international group of established and
postgraduate scholars whose work lies both inside and outside the
Carolingian empire, this conference seeks not only to open up
comparative perspectives, but also to place the Carolingian empire
within its global historical context. Topics may include, but are not
limited to: cross-border socio-political influence; religious contacts
and ideological exchange; trade and material culture; the influence of
political centres at the frontier; frontier fortifications; and local
and central conceptualizations of frontiers within the period c. 750 ?
c. 950. Participants are also welcome to consider different Carolingian
frontiers in comparative perspective and the role of modern scholarship
in the ?creation? of the Carolingian frontier.
Confirmed speakers for this conference include Dr. Caroline Brett
(Cambridge), Professor Wojciech Fa?kowski (Warsaw), Professor Joachim
Henning (Frankfurt), Dr. Jonathan Jarrett (Birmingham), Professor
Eduardo Manzano Moreno (Madrid), and Dr. Ivo ?tefan (Prague). Alongside
invited papers, proposals are welcomed from postgraduate and
postdoctoral students whose work focuses on the Carolingian frontier,
and particularly from scholars of the societies which the Carolingians
bordered.
This conference will take place over three days at the University of
Cambridge. Interested parties should send a 350 word abstract for a
twenty-minute paper to [email protected]. The deadline
for proposals is 11 April 2014.
This conference is generously supported by the George Macaulay Trevelyan
Fund and by the Society for the Study of French History.
With all best wishes,
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Fraser McNair
Sam Ottewill-Soulsby
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