Italy and Medieval Europe/ L' Italia e L' Europa medievale

A Fest in honour of/Una Festa in onore di Chris Wickham

British School at Rome, 20-23 January 2015


PROGRAMME (subject to change) NB Each session will consist of a 20-minute riassunto of pre-circulated papers followed by discussion
Tuesday 20 January 1400-1445 Arrival and registration with coffee/tea 1445 Welcome by Christopher Smith, Director, BSR 1500-1700 Session 1 Frames of Reference 'Framing' and lighting: another angle on transition Paul Fouracre Decrire le changement social dans l'Occident du haut Moyen Age Laurent Feller Still Fussing... Susan Reynolds Percy Ernst Schramm goes to the Movies; Aspects of Medieval Modernity Stuart Airlie 1830-2000 Evening reception including Chris Wickham: an appreciation Jinty Nelson 2000 Dinner (own arrangements).

Wednesday 21 January 0900-11000900-1100 Session 2 Sources and Documents The historical compendium in the early ninth-century codex, Lucca Biblioteca capitolare MS 490 Rosamond McKitterick Langobardic Customs Paolo Delogu Longobardi in the sixth century without Paulus Diaconus Patrick Geary 1100-1130 Coffee 1130-1300 Session 3 Church and Community The two republics: the ecclesia and the public domain in the West-Frankish kingdom Mayke de Jong The 'life aquatic' on Athos (10th-12th century) Rosemary Morris Eastern Roman (Byzantine) views on Islam and on jihad, ca 900 CE: a papal connection? John Haldon 1300-1430 Lunch 1430-1630 Session 4 Resources, Money, Gifts and Power Lords, communities and mines: some considerations setting out from the Tuscan context Giovanna Bianchi On coins and Chris Eduardo Manzano Moreno Gender of the Gift: the Marriage of Daughters in Early England Pauline Stafford Gift, Politics and Memory: Matilda of Tuscany and her Donations to St Peter Regine Le Jan 1630-1700 Tea 1700-1830 Session 5 Gossip and Resistance Fame and its vagaries in medieval Italy Antonio Sennis "To Destroy such a Great and Beautiful City": Lamentation, Panegyric and the Idea of the Medieval City Paul Oldfield* 2000 Conference Dinner (Speakers).