Political Prophecies in the Middle Ages
May 18, 2012
Convenor: Prof. Hannes Möhring
The European Middle Ages were an era in which many predictions concerning the progress of history – causing both fears and hopes – were circulating. Their contents were often associated with the description of the expected end of times. These prophecies were often widespread, sometimes across centuries.
The workshop will focus, on the one hand, on the question of the political and religious objectives and implications of medieval apocalyptic prophecies, and thus also on the question of their timeliness and distribution at the time. Furthermore, the functioning of end-time scenarios in these prophecies and the fluctuations of strength in eschatological expectations will be considered. In that context, ninth-century Byzantium and the Christians of the Near East in the seventh century will also be taken into account, apart from the Christian West.
Programme
(Lectures will be in German)
| 9.00 | Begrüßung |
| Wie politisch sind politische Weissagungen? Überlegungen zu mittelalterlichen Prophetien Prof. Dr. Sabine Schmolinsky (Erfurt) |
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| Propagandaversionen byzantinischer apokalyptischer Texte in der ersten Hälfte des 9. Jahrhunderts Prof. Dr. Wolfram Brandes (Frankfurt a.M.) |
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| 11:00 | Kaffeepause |
| Macht – Religion – Politik: Joachim von Fiore, Prophet oder Ketzer Dr. Julia Eva Wannenmacher (IKGF Erlangen) |
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| Apokalyptik und Gewalt – Neue Perspektiven auf Thomas Müntzers Fürstenpredigt Dr. Matthias Riedl (IKGF Erlangen) |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Mittagspause |
| Celebrating the future. Trinitarian visions in Western liturgy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Dr. Charles Caspers (Nijmegen) |
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| Aktualität und Zeitrechnung der Weissagung des Pseudo-Methodius PD Dr. Hannes Möhring (IKGF Erlangen) |
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| 15:30 | Kaffeepause |
| Politische Weissagungen in der mittelalterlichen Historiografie (12./13. Jahrhundert) Hans-Christian Lehner (IKGF Erlangen) |
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| Eschatologische Prophetie im Mittelalter: Ein Mittel “politischer” Kommunikation? Prof. Dr. Felicitas Schmieder (Hagen) |
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| Abschlussdiskussion | |
| 18:00 | Ende der Veranstaltung |
Location
IKGF Seminar Room
Ulrich-Schalk-Straße 3a – 91056 Erlangen
Downloads
Conference Flyer (254 KB)
Conference Poster A3 (266 KB)
Contact
For more information, please contact Hans Christian Lehner at Hans_Christian.Lehner@ikgf.uni-erlangen.de.