Living in the Carolingian World I: Everyday Conditions

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Noah Blan; Valerie L. Garver

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Northern Illinois Univ.

Presider Name

Noah Blan

Paper Title 1

The Wonder-Full Carolingian World?: Imagining Daily Life in the Ninth Century

Presenter 1 Name

Amy K. Bosworth

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Ball State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Political Climate in the Carolingian World

Presenter 2 Name

David Patterson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Paper Title 3

The Carolingian World of Textile Workers

Presenter 3 Name

Valerie L. Garver

Start Date

10-5-2018 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

The “Carolingian World” is a phrase invoked by scholars to delimit a place or a concept enmeshed in the political, religious, and cultural plans of the Carolingian elites that did not map onto any specific borders or boundaries so much as it reflected the reach and ambitions of its rulers and thinkers who imagined their unique place in history and the world. The extent to which those living under Carolingian rule and influence experienced a “Carolingian World” is less clear. The papers in these sessions on “Living in the Carolingian World” consider this fundamental question from a variety of perspectives.

Noah Blan