Living in the Carolingian World I: Adaptation from Below

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Noah Blan; Valerie L. Garver

Organizer Affiliation

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

Presider Name

Timothy Newfield

Presider Affiliation

Georgetown Univ.

Paper Title 1

Baptism in Non-Elite Carolingian Communities

Presenter 1 Name

Celia Chazelle

Presenter 1 Affiliation

College of New Jersey

Paper Title 2

Illness and Wellness in the Carolingian World

Presenter 2 Name

Martha Rampton

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Pacific Univ.

Paper Title 3

Habent ibi silvam, ubi possunt saginari porci mille: Woodland Economies in Carolingian Polyptychs

Presenter 3 Name

Bryna Cameron-Steinke

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Georgetown Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2019 8:30 AM

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 will address a question crucial to understanding how the first medieval European empire was experienced by the majority of people living under its rule: what did it mean to live in a “Carolingian World”? Noah Blan