106. Medieval Europe without a “core”, with Christian Raffensperger

Byzantium & Friends

English - December 14, 2023 16:16 - 1 hour - 50.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 157 ratings
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A conversation with Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University) -- one hundred episodes after our previous one! -- on medieval European rulership from Iberia and Scandinavia to Rus' and Constantinople. We talk about succession and co-rulership and titles in ways that don't prioritize the British, French, and German models. Christian develops this more inclusive paradigm in his recent book Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200 (Routledge 2024).