Ethnic Identities and Multicultural Societies in Medieval Europe
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Dept. of History and Philosophy, Austin Peay State Univ.
Organizer Name
Sébastien Rossignol, Cameron Sutt
Organizer Affiliation
Dalhousie Univ., Austin Peay State Univ.
Presider Name
Francesco Dall'Aglio
Presider Affiliation
Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, Napoli
Paper Title 1
_Familiae Sclavorum_: Ethnic Categories for Slavic Peasants in Ottonian Saxony
Presenter 1 Name
Sébastien Rossignol
Paper Title 2
Magyar Identity and the Early Árpádian Kingdom
Presenter 2 Name
Cameron Sutt
Paper Title 3
The Culture of Medieval Novgorod and Its Hinterland
Presenter 3 Name
Heidi M. Sherman
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Start Date
8-5-2014 10:00 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 1045
Description
The three papers in this session examine how ideas of “ethnic identities” were formed and used by both the élites and the unfree within the societies in question. Sébastien Rossignol's paper will focus on the groups of dependent "Slavic" peasants in the royal diplomas of Ottonian Saxony. New designations to describe these unfree peasants based on ethnic criteria fostered an awareness of cultural differences between the mancipia Teutonica and the mancipia Sclavonica. Cameron Sutt's paper argues that the self-identity of the Magyars in multi-ethnic early Árpádian Hungary was complicated and changing. Magyar group identity was based not just upon Christianity and kingdom, but also upon other factors such as language and myths of ethnic genesis. Finally, Heidi Sherman’s paper will explore in some detail the characteristics of Novgorodian culture, its churches, icon painting, and other forms of its material culture. The paper examines the exportation and intermingling of Novgorodian culture with those cultures it sought to absorb as it consolidated its position against other northern powers.
Cameron Sutt
Ethnic Identities and Multicultural Societies in Medieval Europe
Fetzer 1045
The three papers in this session examine how ideas of “ethnic identities” were formed and used by both the élites and the unfree within the societies in question. Sébastien Rossignol's paper will focus on the groups of dependent "Slavic" peasants in the royal diplomas of Ottonian Saxony. New designations to describe these unfree peasants based on ethnic criteria fostered an awareness of cultural differences between the mancipia Teutonica and the mancipia Sclavonica. Cameron Sutt's paper argues that the self-identity of the Magyars in multi-ethnic early Árpádian Hungary was complicated and changing. Magyar group identity was based not just upon Christianity and kingdom, but also upon other factors such as language and myths of ethnic genesis. Finally, Heidi Sherman’s paper will explore in some detail the characteristics of Novgorodian culture, its churches, icon painting, and other forms of its material culture. The paper examines the exportation and intermingling of Novgorodian culture with those cultures it sought to absorb as it consolidated its position against other northern powers.
Cameron Sutt