Power and the Court in the Medieval Mediterranean

Sponsoring Organization(s)

CU Mediterranean Studies Group; Mediterranean Seminar

Organizer Name

Núria Silleras-Fernández, Zita Eva Rohr

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Colorado-Boulder, Univ. of Sydney

Presider Name

Núria Silleras-Fernández

Paper Title 1

Epistolography and the Articulation of State Power: Ibn Abi Khisal al-Ghafiqi at the Almoravid Court in Marrakesh

Presenter 1 Name

Russell Hopley

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Bowdoin College

Paper Title 2

A Queen of Two Courts: Elionor, Princess of Sicily and Queen of Aragon

Presenter 2 Name

Donald J. Kagay

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Albany State Univ.

Paper Title 3

Mayhem, Murder, and Madness: Tensions and Power Plays at the Court of Giovanna I of Naples (1344-1382)

Presenter 3 Name

Zita Eva Rohr

Start Date

13-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2040

Description

This session has as its goal the study of how power was used, abused, and theorized at Mediterranean courts (whether royal, noble, and ecclesiastic).

Núria Silleras-Fernández