Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	234
Title	Borders, Governance, and Maritime Networks in the Global Middle Ages through the Eyes of Japanese and European Medievalists, II: The Indian Ocean to Japan
Date/Time	Monday 4 July 2022: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Kakenhi
Organiser	Minoru Ozawa, College of Arts, Rikkyo University, Tokyo
Moderator/Chair	Marek Jankowiak, Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Paper 234-a	Was the Island of Hormuz a Port State?: The Kingdom of Hormuz under Mongol Rule (Language: English) Yasuhiro Yokkaichi, College of Arts, Rikkyo University, Tokyo Index Terms: Archaeology - General; Economics - General; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Maritime and Naval Studies
Paper 234-b	A Corrupt Minister or a Corruptible System?: Yelü Yixin and the Aristocratic Order of the Kitan Liao Dynasty in the 11th Century (Language: English) Lance Pursey, Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen Index Terms: Administration; Politics and Diplomacy; Social History
Abstract	These three related sessions aim, first, to investigate the historical role of various kinds of borders in the Middle Ages, second, to locate the Middle Ages in a maritime and global perspective, and third, to reconsider historiographical biases national perspectives have accumulated so far. The first covers the economic and political functions in the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean. The second focuses on governmental aspects of Byzantium. Beyond Christendom, the third's cases reach the Indian Ocean, Northern China, and the Japanese archipelago.