CONFERENCE: Innocent III and his time (Murcia, Universidad Católica/Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis), 9-12 December 2015; DEADLINE 1 SEPTEMBER 2015

The Universidad Católica de Murcia and the Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis organize a conference on Innocent III.

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professors Kenneth Pennington (Catholic University of America), Dafydd Bened Walteres (University of Edingburgh), Robert E. Somerville (Columbia University), Antonio Pérez Martín (University of Murcia), Massimo Miglietta (Università degli Studi di Trento), Francesca Galgano (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II). 

Summary:

The figure of Innocent III, after centuries, is still of great importance, not only for the historian of canon  law,  but  to  any  researcher  who  works  on  History  and  Law  topics.  His  decisive contributions  to  the  political  and  religious  situation  of  the  thirteenth  century  have  yet  to  be revealed in many aspects, so that the period of history can be known with greater accuracy and depth. In addition, this year is the 800th anniversary of two fundamental legal monuments: the Fourth Lateran  Council  and  the  English  Magna  Carta,  we  intend  to enhance  research  linking both milestones and the decisive influence they had in their time and in the following centuries, and the circumstances that contributed to their relevance.
For such purposes, we call on interested researchers to submit papers related to the figure of Innocent III from the standpoint of law in general, Canon Law, Philosophy, Theology, History of Institutions, Roman Law, Comparative Law, Art History, History, Sociology, Historiography and any other discipline that can shed light on the subject proposed, being the following:

 Program:

  1. INNOCENT III AND POLITICAL POWER 
  a. Innocent III and the Holy Empire
  b. The Fourth Lateran Council and the English Magna Carta 
 c. Relations between the Church and the emerging monarchies

 2. INNOCENT III THE JURIST
  a. The Fourth Lateran Council
 b. The Roman law science around the XIII century
  c. The history of legal institutions and their development

  3. INNOCENT III AND SPIRITUAL POWER
  a. The role of the Church in medieval society
  b. The intra-ecclesiastic life and spirituality
 c. The fight against heresy and the Discipline of the Sacraments 

 Practical information:

PROPOSALS:  (Title,  academic  affiliation,  Biographical  Profile  and  Abstract  200  words  ENG,
GER, FRA, ITA, ESP), via mail: catedrainocencio@gmail.com 
DEADLINE: September 1, 2015. The Scientific Committee will respond to the proposal before September 30, 2015
PUBLICATION: Papers selected by the Scientific Committee shall be published in the special issue of the journal Vergentis in the first half of 2016.