Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	327
Title	Elite Legitimacy on the Borders of Latin Christendom: Poland and Norway, 1000-1300, III - Struggles for Legitimation
Date/Time	Monday 4 July 2022: 16.30-18.00
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	Wojtek Jezierski, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Paper 327-a	Struggles for Episcopal Legitimisation during the Gregorian Reform (Language: English) Jerzy Pysiak, Wydział Nauk o Kulturze i Sztuce, Uniwersytet Warszawski Krzysztof Skwierczyński, Wydział Nauk o Kulturze i Sztuce, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Political Thought; Religious Life; Social History
Paper 327-b	The Tension between the Ideology and Practice of Rulership (Language: English) Zbigniew Dalewski, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index Terms: Local History; Political Thought; Politics and Diplomacy; Social History
Paper 327-c	Dynastic Conflicts: Civil Wars or Constant Struggles? (Language: English) Hans Jacob Orning, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, Universitetet i Oslo Marcin Rafał Pauk, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index Terms: Local History; Military History; Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	Struggles and conflict had an ambiguous position in medieval society. On the one hand, there existed a vision of complete harmony and order - for sure positioned in the realm of Heaven, but nevertheless constituting an ideal for earthly society. On the other hand, conflict was a normal occurrence in medieval society because power was decentralized and shared among numerous power-holders. This session thematizes the tensions and contradictions between these two conceptions of conflict in three fields in high medieval Poland and Norway: Gregorian ideas, rulership practice, and dynastic conflicts.