Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	227
Title	Elite Legitimacy on the Borders of Latin Christendom: Poland and Norway, 1000-1300, II - Spaces of Legitimation
Date/Time	Monday 4 July 2022: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Norway Grants Project 'Symbolic Resources & Political Structures on the Periphery: Legitimisation of the Elites in Poland & Norway, c. 1000-1300'
Organiser	Hans Jacob Orning, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo
	Grzegorz Pac, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Moderator/Chair	Hans Jacob Orning, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo
Paper 227-a	Iconography and Legitimisation of Ideology on 11th-Century Coinage (Language: English) Mateusz Bogucki, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Svein Harald Gullbekk, Kulturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo Index Terms: Numismatics; Political Thought; Politics and Diplomacy; Social History
Paper 227-b	Social Elite and Female Monastic Foundations in the 12th Century (Language: English) Anna Dryblak, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Religious Life; Social History; Women's Studies
Paper 227-c	Local Cults of Saints and Legitimisation of Bishops and Bishoprics (Language: English) Steffen Hope, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo Grzegorz Pac, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Local History; Religious Life; Social History
Abstract	Self-legitimising efforts of peripheral elites involved projecting their elevated status in different spatial contexts, both physical and symbolic. In that sense, the elites appropriated, used, and produced new spaces in which their privilege and deservedness to rule could be staged and locations which functioned as nodes in their networks of power. This session focuses on how Christian ideology present in different areas such as coins, monasteries, or cults in local milieus was employed by Polish and Norwegian elites to legitimise their power.