Securing Power in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire, University of Cambridge via Zoom, December 7–8, 2021
The purpose of this postgraduate and early-career workshop is to close the artificial divides, especially between "secular" and "ecclesiastical" politics, imposed on the sixth century by the specialisations of modern scholarship. The papers will explore how power was contested and secured "without limits", because only such an all-encompassing approach can adequately take account of the interconnectedness of the sixth-century world, the flexible array of political pressures to which those in power were subjected, and the sometimes unexpected consequences of responding to these pressures. The goal of this approach is to produce a more holistic, comprehensive understanding of sixth-century power struggles in order to better reflect their multivalent nature.
Advance registration required.