Diplomacy in Medieval Iberia: Language, Men and Texts in Diplomatic Exchanges (Twelfth-Fourteenth Centuries)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Centro de Estudos Sociologia e Estética Musical, Univ. Nova de Lisboa; Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Univ. Nova de Lisboa
Organizer Name
Maria João Branco
Organizer Affiliation
Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Univ. Nova de Lisboa
Presider Name
Kyle C. Lincoln
Presider Affiliation
Kalamazoo College
Paper Title 1
Papal Judge Delegates as "Diplomats" in Twelfth-Century Portugal: Profiling a Difficult Function in a Conflictive Millieux
Presenter 1 Name
Maria João Branco
Paper Title 2
Negotiating Peace in a Western Islamic Frontier: The Almohads Face to Face with the Portuguese Kingdom (1212-1230)
Presenter 2 Name
Hermenegildo Fernandes
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. de Lisboa
Paper Title 3
Another Form of Diplomacy? Rituals in the Portuguese-Castillian Frontier in the Late Middle Ages
Presenter 3 Name
Covadonga Valdaliso
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. de Coimbra/Univ. de Lisboa
Start Date
12-5-2018 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1155
Description
This session aims at exploring the results of recent approaches to Diplomatic Relations in the Middle Ages, taking as its observation laboratory the reality of the Iberian Peninsula form the 12th to the 14th century. The Iberian Peninsula of those centuries was a reality in the making, and the network of relations established between all the contenders gambling in this permanently changing checkerboard of relationships is very interesting and rich. Newly created policies, had to establish a relathionship with their neighbours, who, in turn, were also trying to establish themselves as respected and consolidated kingdoms. In such process, the relationship with the Papacy played a major role, as did the one with the Christian and non-Christian neighbours, the Almoravid and then Almohad Empires, as well as small scale rulers who were often as relevant as the “big contenders”. This session tests three different sets of sampling: the papal diplomacy of the 12th century in Portugal, the relationship between the Almohad caliphs and the Portuguese Kings, and Rituals of diplomacy in the Portuguese- Castillian frontiers
Maria João Branco
Diplomacy in Medieval Iberia: Language, Men and Texts in Diplomatic Exchanges (Twelfth-Fourteenth Centuries)
Schneider 1155
This session aims at exploring the results of recent approaches to Diplomatic Relations in the Middle Ages, taking as its observation laboratory the reality of the Iberian Peninsula form the 12th to the 14th century. The Iberian Peninsula of those centuries was a reality in the making, and the network of relations established between all the contenders gambling in this permanently changing checkerboard of relationships is very interesting and rich. Newly created policies, had to establish a relathionship with their neighbours, who, in turn, were also trying to establish themselves as respected and consolidated kingdoms. In such process, the relationship with the Papacy played a major role, as did the one with the Christian and non-Christian neighbours, the Almoravid and then Almohad Empires, as well as small scale rulers who were often as relevant as the “big contenders”. This session tests three different sets of sampling: the papal diplomacy of the 12th century in Portugal, the relationship between the Almohad caliphs and the Portuguese Kings, and Rituals of diplomacy in the Portuguese- Castillian frontiers
Maria João Branco