Call for Papers: Building the Medieval Diocese. Strategies, agents and instruments
De Spaanse Universidad de Burgos organiseert van 22 tot 24 september 2021 het congres Building the Medieval Diocese. Strategies, agents and instruments. Aanleiding is de achthonderdste verjaardag van de schitterende gotische kathedraal. Hieronder geven we de Engelstalige Call for Papers weer.
The Gregorian Reform led to a reframing of the role of bishops and diocesan institutions that cemented their power and ultimately permitted the construction of the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe. To mark the 800th anniversary of the Cathedral of Burgos, we propose to explore the dynamics, strategies, institutions and personnel behind the construction of the medieval diocese leading to the building of the temples we admire today. Our focus will be on the period 1150-1250, culminating as it does in the construction of the Cathedral of Burgos, but we welcome papers on other parts of Europe and set in other medieval periods that explore the following themes related to the emergence of the mature medieval diocese:
- Territorial consolidation: diocesan borders, inter-diocesan hierarchies and conflicts.
- Structural consolidation: network of parishes, fiscality, ecclesiastical offices and benefices.
- Institutional consolidation: cathedral chapters, use of archdeaconries, archpriesthoods and secular abbeys.
- Intra-diocesan conflict: monasteries, collegial churches etc.
- The agents: bishops, chapter, clergy (bishop-chapter conflict, patronage and client networks, diocesan reforms, education, cultural production).
Submissions: proposals no longer than 300 words for individual papers should be submitted to burgensis2021@gmail.com
Languages: Spanish, English
Registration Fee: 50 euros
Key Dates 2021:
Deadline for submissions, March 1st
Confirmation of acceptance, April 15th
Registration opens, May 1st
Registration ends, July 30th
Venue: Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad de Burgos
Convenors: Susana Guijarro (Univ. Cantabria) & David Peterson (Univ. Burgos)
Conference secretaries: Leticia Agúndez (Univ. Cantabria) & Iván García Izquierdo (Univ. Burgos)
Further information: http://www3.ubu.es/dioceses
Organised by: Área de Historia Medieval de la Universidad de Burgos & Área de Historia Medieval de la Universidad de Cantabria, Proyecto Burgensis (PID2019-108273CB-100).