Empire, Politics, and Order: Research Presented in Honor of Thomas M. Izbicki

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Politicas: The Society for the Study of Political Thought in the Middle Ages

Organizer Name

Elizabeth McCartney

Organizer Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Presider Name

Elizabeth McCartney

Paper Title 1

Putting on the Toga: Classical Roman Sources in the Writings of Ptolemy of Lucca and Marsiglio of Padua

Presenter 1 Name

Cary J. Nederman

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Paper Title 2

Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the German Tradition of Empire

Presenter 2 Name

Thomas Renna

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Saginaw Valley State Univ.

Paper Title 3

Hierarchy in Nicholas of Cusa's Later Sermons

Presenter 3 Name

Richard J. Serina, Jr

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Concordia Seminary

Start Date

9-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1130

Description

This session honors the multi-disciplinary research of a distinguished scholar, Thomas M. Izbicki. The papers were selected to expand contemporary, on-going, studies of topics related to power, empire, and political thought in the Middle Ages and early-sixteenth century. The first two papers address new research on the subject of empire in the late Middle Ages. The third paper returns to a long-standing concern of Dr. Izbicki regarding the writings of Nicholas of Cusa and the influence of Cusa's later sermons in the late court cultures of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-centuries. As always, the society of POLITICAS welcomes scholars who have an interest in modern political thought, art history, literature, and politics.

Elizabeth A. McCartney