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International Medieval Congress - Day 1

The University of Leeds is hosting the International Medieval Congress, one of the largest gatherings of medievalists in the world. Here is the news on Twitter #IMC2015

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#IMC2015 @IMC_Leeds Yesterday, settled in; met new friends; listened to old music. Now onto the 1st full day. pic.twitter.com/vKQn68Yjal
Kris Swank @kris_swank
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Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:32:38
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https://twitter.com/kris_swank/status/617929124015939584
— Kris Swank (@kris_swank)Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:32:38
Leanne MacDonald @yanmacd
A 6:00 am fire alarm at #IMC2015: dozens of medievalists in varying states of jammies standing around awkwardly and clutching their laptops.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:43:15
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— Leanne MacDonald (@yanmacd)Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:43:15
❧ Diane Scott @DianeGScott
Day 1 of #IMC2015 begins with a 6am fire alarm down at Henry Price. Oh, the drama of academic conference attendance! #blearyeyedmedievalists
Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:27:25
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— ❧ Diane Scott (@DianeGScott)Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:27:25
Leeds, here I come! Or should I say, cometh? 😉 #medievalmonday #leeds2015 @ London King's Cross Station https://instagram.com/p/4yGXAcPs1s/
Sandra Alvarez @mediaevalgirl
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Mon, Jul 06 2015 05:22:43
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Decisions, decisions, decisions. And these are the bookmarks for Monday only #IMC2015 pic.twitter.com/FAQgN1l0X1
Karoline Döring @karolinedoering
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Mon, Jul 06 2015 06:46:33
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— Karoline Döring (@karolinedoering)Mon, Jul 06 2015 06:46:33
IMC_Leeds @IMC_Leeds
Welcome to first day of sessions @ #IMC2015! See you at our annual double keynote, this year by Dr. Maureen C. Miller & Dr. Keith Lilley #s1
Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:30:02
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— IMC_Leeds (@IMC_Leeds)Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:30:02
#IMC2015 Starting the day at the antiquarian & used book fair. @asthiggins @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi pic.twitter.com/gnafiNKDdP
Kris Swank @kris_swank
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Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:36:26
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— Kris Swank (@kris_swank)Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:36:26
Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis
#IMC2015 here we go! Kicking things off this morning with UC Berkeley's Maureen Miller . Should be a great keynote!
Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:00:18
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— Lisa Fagin Davis (@lisafdavis)Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:00:18
waiting to get started at the Great Hall #imc2015 pic.twitter.com/wpzViVYS0C
Alexandra Guerson @aeguerson
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Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:39:30
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— Alexandra Guerson (@aeguerson)Mon, Jul 06 2015 07:39:30
Plenary session about to start: Beyond National Narratives #IMC2015! pic.twitter.com/eBERUscK94
Gemma Pellissa @GPellissa
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Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:02:20
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— Gemma Pellissa (@GPellissa)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:02:20
Alexandra Guerson @aeguerson
Maureen Miller starting #IMC2015 with the lecture "Beyond National Narratives: culture, states, and reforming 'Gregorian' Reform"
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:14:31
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— Alexandra Guerson (@aeguerson)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:14:31
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Papal monarchy acknowledged as result of Gregorian reform, but Miller suggests not fully understood. Papal legates key new tool.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:16:14
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:16:14
Alexandra Guerson @aeguerson
one of Miller's student tattooed the words of Gregory VII on his body, much to her alarm #IMC2015 #funny
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:18:43
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— Alexandra Guerson (@aeguerson)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:18:43
Pauline Souleau @paj_souleau
I want a Gregory VII's tatoo! #IMC2015
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:20:11
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— Pauline Souleau (@paj_souleau)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:20:11
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Miller suggests interdisc, research questions for framing future surveys of eleventh-century Reform
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:19:33
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https://twitter.com/cerydel/status/617971129525895172
— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:19:33
Alexandra Guerson @aeguerson
key question: "did demands for ecclesiastical change in 11th C have significant consequences for European culture? #IMC2015
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:20:12
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— Alexandra Guerson (@aeguerson)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:20:12
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Miller identified emergence of distinctive, European clerical culture as coming from eleventh century reform movements.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:20:42
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:20:42
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Miller notes the greater geographical mobility and more intensive clerical education and discipline forming this clerical culture.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:22:27
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:22:27
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Commentaries as sources meant both for sophisticated cathedral-school educated clerics AND humbler ones on appropriate behavior.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:27:01
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:27:01
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Miller now tackles how papal monarchy mattered for political development of medieval Europe, returning to poor dead Admar.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:28:00
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:28:00
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Miller argues that the papal monarchy had much further-reaching power in papal fiefs and thru terrae sancti Petri than recognized.
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:29:59
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:29:59
Alexandra Guerson @aeguerson
papal monarchy not as distinct from other monarchies in the middle ages that were composite states #IMC2015
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:35:38
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— Alexandra Guerson (@aeguerson)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:35:38
Gemma Pellissa @GPellissa
The Crown of Aragon (as well as the USA) as an example of composed states (and strong). Examining ecclesiastical & political power #IMC2015
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:35:33
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— Gemma Pellissa (@GPellissa)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:35:33
Courtney E. Rydel @cerydel
#IMC2015 Miller argues that disarticulated states led to the development of effective ways of exerting authority at distance (papal legates)
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:36:01
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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:36:01
Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis
Miller: reimagine Papal monarchy as a "Disarticulated composite state" #imc2015 #s1
Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:37:15
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— Lisa Fagin Davis (@lisafdavis)Mon, Jul 06 2015 08:37:15

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