Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1137
Title	The Transformation of the Carolingian World, II
Date/Time	Wednesday 5 July 2017: 11.15-12.45
Sponsor	'Transformation of the Carolingian World' Network
Organiser	Richard Corradini, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Moderator/Chair	Jinty Nelson, Department of History, King's College London
Paper 1137-a	The Transformation of the Carolingian World: A German Perspective (Language: English) Steffen Patzold, Seminar für mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Index Terms: Historiography - Medieval; Historiography - Modern Scholarship; Political Thought
Paper 1137-b	Solidarity in the Long 10th Century (Language: English) Maximilian Diesenberger, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Index Terms: Historiography - Medieval; Political Thought; Social History
Paper 1137-c	La mutation familiale: The Case for a Revival (Language: English) Conrad Leyser, Worcester College, University of Oxford Index Terms: Historiography - Medieval; Political Thought; Social History
Abstract	'Transformation of the Carolingian World' is an international project that focuses on the cultural, political, economic, social, and religious changes in the period c. 900-1050. Modern narratives often define this 'long 10th century' by what it was not: it is either presented as the time when the 9th-century cultural achievements, social structures, and political geography of the Carolingians disintegrated, or as the first stage in the birth of European nations. Building on a wide range of sources, ranging from conciliar texts to historical narratives and poems, these papers suggest alternative perspectives of this exciting epoch of transition.